A mother’s final request and three sisters with seemingly nothing in common - a tried and true premise for a plotline. Thankfully, "The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters" takes a standard theme and makes it its own in this 2019 release by Balli Kaur Jaswal. Following the death of their mother, sisters Rajni, Jezmeen,... Continue Reading →
Me and my sisters, by Sinéad Moriarty
I read this book on the recommendation of a patron whose two-word justification: “She’s Irish!” apparently explained everything – meaning that because the author is Irish, this is a really good story, obviously very humorous, as well as heart-rending. I couldn’t not read it. When I first started out I was highly skeptical, as it... Continue Reading →
Whiter Than Snow
Guess what? There’s a new Sandra Dallas book and there are no holds on it. Her latest book “Whiter than snow” just came out at the end of March. The book opens on April 20, 1920 in the small mining town of Swandyke, Colorado. In seconds life is changed for the families of Swandyke when... Continue Reading →
That Old Black Magic
Stories about magic are as old the first humans gathered about the campfire, we read fairytales to children and teens gravitate to fantasy novels, but somehow no matter how old we get the fascination with magic and the otherworldly remains. Whether it is the magic of love, of food or of birth, the link between women... Continue Reading →