Alice Hoffman is an author who I generally enjoy.  Her story lines take me by surprise and are usually a little unexpected.  Skylight Confessions did not disappoint in that it started in a very unique way.  Arlyn is a seventeen-year old and is...

This is a historical fiction novel that creates a story as background to the painting done by Johannes Vermeer, a Dutch painter in the 17th century.  Tracy Chevalier creates a story and background for one of his most popular paintings, Girl With A...

Say When is a story about a marriage breaking up, and the efforts made to repair it.  Elizabeth Berg tells it from the husband, Griffin’s, perspective, which was something a little different that I enjoyed. Griffin and Ellen met in college and were...

I was a psychology major in college who had often heard the nature vs. nurture debate.  When I heard about As Nature Made Him I was very interested in this true life story.  It is a heartbreaking life story of two identical twin boys who were taken...

This is a book that I love.  It was written in 1931 and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1932.  The Good Earth is the story of Wang Lung and his wife O-Lan.  The book starts with their wedding day and Pearl Buck describes the preparations Wang Lung makes...