Book of the Week: ‘Saints for All Occasions’
Saints for All OccasionsJ. Courtney Sullivan2017, 352 pagesFiction Sisters Nora and Theresa Flynn are nothing alike. Nora is reserved, shy and responsible. Theresa is exuberant, mischievous and always ready for a good time. But the distance between their personalities does not impact their closeness as sisters and friends. So when Theresa becomes pregnant out of wedlock after they’ve resettled in Dorchester, Mass., from Ireland in the...
Book of the Week: ‘Turtles All the Way Down’
Turtles All the Way Down John Green 2017, 286 pages Young AdultIn this novel, the main character, Aza, struggles to handle her obsessive compulsive disorder while leading a somewhat normal life. Juggling life, school and friends as a teenager is never easy, especially when it feels like a never-ending spiral, which in Aza’s head it is. However, a twist gets thrown her way when a local billionaire goes missing once the police come...
Book of the Week: ‘Glass Houses’
Glass HousesLouise Penny2017, 400 pagesMystery Louise Penny has written another wonderful mystery set in Three Pines.A figure in a black cloak appears on a cold November day on the green in a quiet village in Canada. The person’s face cannot be seen. Is it a man or a woman? And why do they stand there all day long? What at first looks like a joke soon seems threatening to people. Chief Superintendent Gamache speaks to the person, but...
Book of the Week: ‘The Baker’s Secret’
The Baker’s Secret Stephen Kiernan 2017, 309 pages Fiction During World War II in a small village in Normandy, Emmanuelle (Emma) the baker wakes every morning to bake bread for the German occupying force. Emma’s secret is that she’s found a way to stretch the batter of the loaves. This way she can bake 14 loaves instead of 12, and give the other two to the starving people. She thinks of clever ways to help the others in her village,...
Book of the Week: ‘Mr Campion’s Fault’
Mr Campion’s Fault Mike Ripley 2016, 243 pages Fiction – Mystery Albert Campion has retired from detecting, he says. But he can’t seem to stop looking into mysteries. His son Rupert and daughter-in-law Perdita travel north to Yorkshire to help at a boys’ boarding school. Rupert is to coach the rugby team and Perdita will teach English and direct a musical of Dr. Faustus. There has been some strange happenings in the area. The senior...
