Plot: When sixteen-year-old Simone Wheeler is accepted into the elite Camp Kamama–a place of self-discovery for the morbidly obese–she instantly despises the food rations, obstacle course, and powwows, where each girl must stand in front of her peers to expose her darkest secrets. But the Appalachian Mountains are shrouded in mystery, and Camp Kamama’s rulesContinue reading “Book Review: I am Elephant I am Butterfly”
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Book Review: Becoming a Mother
Plot: Combining medical and historical information with real life accounts of ordinary women, this book is an essential guide to the facts, feelings and emotions experienced during pregnancy and birth. It takes you week by week, from the decision to conceive, through to first impressions of life with your baby, offering invaluable information. Topics include:Continue reading “Book Review: Becoming a Mother”
Book Review: Mama You Got This
Plot: I love being a Spice Girl, but what I am proudest of is being a mum. Even though I had all the real-life girl power of the actual Spice Girls on speed-dial, my incredible partner and my mum, I had so many worries and questions I couldn’t always ask out loud. What I really,Continue reading “Book Review: Mama You Got This”
Book Review: The Saffron Trail
Plot: Once, there was a girl who loved saffron. She loved its secrets, its mystery, and best of all, she loved its hint of magic. After the death of her beloved mother, Nell travels from rural Cornwall to the colour and chaos of Marrakech. Her marriage may be on the rocks, but exploring the headyContinue reading “Book Review: The Saffron Trail”
BookClub Reads: Spring Shoots on Sunflower Street
Plot: Lila Edwards keeps to herself. Jilted on her wedding day by her fiancé, she has little interest in looking for love again. She spends most of her time hiding away in her cosy cottage, snuggling on the sofa with her two cats and trying to find the energy to invest in her online craftContinue reading “BookClub Reads: Spring Shoots on Sunflower Street”
BookClub Reads: Carter’s Postales from Greece
Plot: Week after week, the postcards arrive, addressed to someone Ellie does not know, each signed with an initial: A. These alluring cartes postales of Greece brighten her life and cast a spell on her. She decides she must see this country for herself. On the morning Ellie leaves for Athens, a notebook arrives. ItsContinue reading “BookClub Reads: Carter’s Postales from Greece”
BookClub Reads: Dear Mrs Bird
Plot: London, 1941. Emmeline Lake and her best friend Bunty are trying to stay cheerful despite the Luftwaffe making life thoroughly annoying for everyone. Emmy dreams of becoming a Lady War Correspondent and when she spots a job advertisement in the newspaper she seizes her chance – but after a rather unfortunate misunderstanding, she findsContinue reading “BookClub Reads: Dear Mrs Bird”
Book Review: Villa of Sun and Secrets
Plot: Carla Sullivan’s 50th birthday is fast approaching when her whole world is turned upside down. Discovering her feckless husband is having yet another affair and following her mother’s death, she is in need of an escape. Finding an envelope addressed to her mother’s estranged sister Josette in the South of France gives Carla theContinue reading “Book Review: Villa of Sun and Secrets”
BookClub Classics: Persuasion
Plot: First published in 1818, “Persuasion” was English novelist Jane Austen’s last completed work. The novel centers on the story of Anne Elliot, a lovely young woman who years prior had accepted the proposal for marriage from the handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth. Despite Frederick’s cleverness and ambition, his lower social status and lackContinue reading “BookClub Classics: Persuasion”
Book Review: Dinner with Edward
Plot: When Isabel meets Edward, both are at a crossroads: he wants to follow his late wife to the grave, and she is ready to give up on love. Thinking she is merely helping Edward’s daughter who lives far away and has asked her to check in on her nonagenarian dad in New York –Continue reading “Book Review: Dinner with Edward”