Plot: Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned – from the layout of the winding roads, to the colours ofContinue reading “Book Review: Little Fires Everywhere”
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Book Review: Next Year in Havana
Plot: Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar baron, nineteen-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cuba’s high society, where she is largely sheltered from the country’s growing political unrest – until she embarks on a clandestine affair with a passionate revolutionary… Miami, 2017. Freelance writer Marisol Ferrera grew up hearing romantic stories of Cuba fromContinue reading “Book Review: Next Year in Havana”
Book Review: The Old Man & The Sea
Plot: The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction. It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. UsingContinue reading “Book Review: The Old Man & The Sea”
Book Review: Johnny Be Good
Plot: If your boss was the hottest rock star on the planet, would you mix business with pleasure? I’m Meg Stiles. This is my leaving party. And that song we’re making a mockery of? That’s written by one of the biggest rock stars in the world. And I’m moving in with him tomorrow. Seriously! IContinue reading “Book Review: Johnny Be Good”
BookClub Reads: Breakfast at Darcy’s
From this month onwards my friend and I have started a book club and this month’s reads is Breakfast at Darcy’s which I highly recommend reading! Plot: When Darcy McCall loses her beloved Aunt Molly, she doesn’t expect any sort of inheritance- let alone a small island! Located off the west coast of Ireland, TaraContinue reading “BookClub Reads: Breakfast at Darcy’s”