Sally and Olivia were best friends when they were in college (or university, as the story is set in England), but it was a complicated relationship – full of drama, competitiveness and emotional outbursts. After a terrible fight, the two women became estranged for years. Then one day Olivia gets the news that Sally has been killed in a car accident. Olivia is full of regrets, questions, guilt and grief. Sally’s widowed husband, William, reaches out to Olivia, to gather information about the past. Talking to William brings back painful memories and she also discovers that Sally has left behind many secrets. Continue reading the review at Chick Lit Plus.
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April New Releases
It’s April, and I really hope that some of you are finally experiencing warmer weather. They say April is the month that makes the promises May keeps. April brings us spring breaks, baseball, Easter and of course those famous showers that bring us May’s flowers. April also gives us some great chick lit books!
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CLC Guest Book Review: We’ll Always Have Paris
We’ll Always Have Paris
By Jennifer Coburn
A Book Review by Allie Smith
I love to travel, especially with my children. Seeing new places together is always fun and introducing them to places I love is a personal thrill. I also treasure the memories we create together, and the camaraderie that we share, which can’t be duplicated at home. On our journeys, it’s us against the world! So I was excited to read this travel memoir about the European adventures of a mother and her daughter. And I adore the title, We’ll Always have Paris. Continue reading at Chick Lit Central.
They’re also having a contest, and you have a chance to win a copy of the book!
My Forsyth Book Review: The Aviator’s Wife
The Aviator’s Wife
By Melanie Benjamin
A Book Review by Allie Smith
The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin is a fictional version of Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s life, focusing on the years she was married to Charles Lindbergh. It was a very turbulent forty five years, for both the Lindbergh’s and the world in general. I found myself fascinated by these “characters” and needing to know more. I’ve since ordered biographies of both Anne and Charles, as well as books authored by each of them.