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Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva

As the author describes it, this is a playful reimagining of how Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol that incorporates historical facts but sometimes changes or embellishes them to fit the story. Silva captures the tone of Dickens’ era and quite probably what his life was like at times – he was well-known and popular… Read More Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva

November 24, 2017January 2, 2018 BookAppealLeave a comment

The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick

Another feel-good story along the lines of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand and A Man Called Ove.  Arthur Pepper’s wife, Miriam, died a year ago.  As Arthur faces turning 70 without her, he finally gets the nerve to go through her clothes and finds a charm bracelet.  One charm leads to India, a place he never… Read More The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick

August 9, 2016 BookAppealLeave a comment

Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase

An enormous house in Cornwall is filled with love and laughter during lazy seasons of the 1960s when Hugo Alton and his nontraditional American wife vacation with their brood: teenaged twins Amber and Toby, lively 5-year-old Barney, and the youngest, sweet and chubby Kitty. Over thirty years later, Lorna and Jon discover the nearly hidden… Read More Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase

March 22, 2016 BookAppealLeave a comment

This Was Not the Plan by Cristina Alger

Charlie Goldwyn likes to have a plan. His wife, Mira, being killed in a plane crash certainly wasn’t part of the future he envisioned. Charlie’s method of coping is to throw himself even more into his work as a corporate lawyer at a big firm, spending increasingly less time with his son, Caleb. When one… Read More This Was Not the Plan by Cristina Alger

March 4, 2016 BookAppealLeave a comment

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