I read this book some time ago on my kindle. It was really so well-written. It explored the complex relationships in a family where a mother is the family's rock and has a bad heart attack. The father, who lives in England, has to step up to deal with his gifted but special needs son who is struggling to be independent as the father struggles to examine his new role as he tries to keep his family together and regrets the time lost.

It looks like Pattie Boyd Harrison used a collaborator to write this book. If so, it reads like it was written free-hand from Pattie's diary. Lots of spelling & grammar mistake and the plot jumps around A LOT! But if you was to know what it was like living with the Beatles from the beginning and being a muse to George Harrison and Eric Clapton, it's worth it. Her story reflects the innocence of the time, even though both men cheated on her. 👍🏻

Perhaps you've seen her hand illustrated cookbooks. This lovely book tells the story of how Susan left a failed marriage in California, friends and family, and landed on Martha's Vineyard. She impulsively buys a house (she was only going to stay 3 mo) and makes a life and career for herself and, after many years alone, eventually finding love again. Also hand illustrated, it was a delight.

This is a true story about a serial killer who murdered couples parked in cars in the hills around Florence, Italy over several decades beginning around 1968. The murderer was never convicted although several men were tried and jailed. The murders were gruesome. Douglas Preston, an American author wrote the book with Mario Spezi, an Italian journalist who covered the murders for decades. Hard to put down! (Clooney to be in the movie!)

I tried so hard to like this book. But it was too stream of consciousness for me. I couldn't relate to much of anything she talked about. But I really tried before I gave up.

I really wanted to like this book. I kept pushing myself to read it, hoping that the pace would pick up. It never did. It was just a stream of consciousness book that I just couldn't find anything to feel attached to. I finally gave up.

I really wanted to like this book. I kept pushing myself to read it, hoping that the pace would pick up. It never did. It was just a stream of consciousness book that I just couldn't find anything to feel attached to. I finally gave up.

Just bought this 2016 book. I look forward to getting into it.

I liked the book, I really did, but found the plot confusing at time. The characters were Ukrainian and Swedish so the names of people and places were hard to keep straight. This book is part of a series about a nurse-aide worker who gets involved with the people she tries to help.

The book contrasted the lives of 2 women in Paris during different periods of time.The mc, April, is a furniture appraiser for auction who has the chance to get to know the woman who owned the apartment through her journals. April is changed by what she learns about life, love and Paris. Enjoyed it.

This powerful book is a collection of narratives from the people who were affected by the disaster of Chenobyl. The author interviewed first responders who survived, families who lost husbands, fathers, & children, even people who choose to live there now, despite the danger because it's home.

"Not to risk can also be a risk."

Plastic use and its disposal have become daunting international problems and pose one of the toughest environmental issues we face. This book doesn't try to solve the global issues, but instead offers ideas on how we can choose to use less plastic. It's more of a personal guide. Important book.

This was a terrific book, based in part on the author's own experience in Russia in the post Cold War years. A group of U.S. women advisers go to Moscow to help women entrepreneurs. They soon find that Russia's new freedoms are empty words and corruption, terror & bribery still are rampant.

There are certain historical characters I love to read about. I'm most attracted to people who can be viewed equally as heroes or as villains. Che Guevara set out to fight western imperialism and the poverty of South and Central America. He was a physician and a revolutionary. A hero or a villain?

I was looking for a vegan cookbook that taught pantry basics, things like vegan sour cream, frosted cakes, breads, and sauces. This book shows you how to make these things at home so you're not eating vegan, but heavily processed "fake" foods. It's a great reference book for all cooks.

I loved this book. Carly came of age musically along with so many other music legends. I admit that I loved reading about her relationships and love affairs. And then, of course, the magic of her love affair and marriage to James Taylor, and their struggles to make it work. A sweet, easy read.

This is a well-researched book about the dangers of commonly prescribed psychiatric drugs. From drugs for depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and more, doctors freely prescribe them for years with little follow-up. The author states that these drugs cause permanent changes to the brain.

This was a short but delightful book of interviews with Nora Ephron. For those who have admired her vast body of work, it provided many insights into her creativity and how she evolved professionally. I really enjoyed it.

I have long been interested in the story of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Although this is fiction, the author has researched her subject well and presents a story of the ordinary lives of people caught up in sympathy for the Soviet Union and the rising tensions between its politics and American fears

I read this book several months ago but really loved it. Alice Hoffman's writing is superior to much of the fiction I find on the shelves. The story is not complicated but not trite or contrived.

This is in my pile of books to read.