Reviews by Florence H. (Laguna Woods, CA)

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The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman
The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman: A Novel
by Julietta Henderson
The Funny Thing about Norman Foreman (2/13/2021)
Using humor blended with compassion Julieta Henderson has created three unique characters. A single mother, helped by an elderly man,enables her young son to complete an improbable journey. Although the death of Jax, the boy's best friend, is a pivotal event in the novel a …more
The Blind Light
The Blind Light: A Novel
by Stuart Evers
The Blind Light (10/23/2020)
Having lived through the fearful years of the Cold War it was interesting to read of Doom Town and the after effects of being trained to survive a nuclear attack. The disparity of income status of the two men influenced their friendships and the future of their families. …more
American Dirt
American Dirt: A Novel
by Jeanine Cummins
American Dirt (11/5/2019)
This is a riveting,compassionate, eye-opening account of immigrants on their journey to the U.S. These fictional people, coming from various countries in Central America,become very real and put faces on the many statistics we have read about immigrants. Each is coming …more
Creatures
Creatures
by Crissy Van Meter
Creatures (10/30/2019)
The improbable life of Evie on the mythical Winter Island was recounted with compassion and wry humor. Nature and marine life are beautifully described making island life appear wonderfully desirable. Evie's life from her alcoholic father, her absentee mother, her …more
The Shadow King
The Shadow King: A Novel
by Maaza Mengiste
Shadow King (6/24/2019)
War is described in Shadow King as "an outpouring of evil." The photographer, Ettore Navarro, is "an archivist of obscenities." Despite these truths and a personal aversion to war I still found this book to be a riveting account of a time in Ethiopia and the role women …more
D-Day Girls
D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II
by Sarah Rose
D-Day Girls (3/21/2019)
As the participants in WWII are aging and dying,it is imperative that their narratives are told. This book is a well researched account of a part of that war that I knew little about, the recruitment of female spies who spoke fluent French. Since this an overview of five …more
Golden Child
Golden Child
by Claire Adam
Golden Child (10/15/2018)
Adam has written a sensitive, yet disturbing novel of different lives in Trinidad. I could easily identify with the problems involved in raising two children of very different abilities. The insights into Paul's thinking as being labeled retarded were touching. Clyde, the …more
So Much Life Left Over
So Much Life Left Over
by Louis de Bernieres
So Much Life Left Over (8/3/2018)
As I read each short, seemingly disjointed chapter the novel came together with a beautifully written emotional conclusion. We are shown many different points of view from that of a native girl, a brother who has given up, the children, a confused elderly woman, a píus yet …more
Eternal Life
Eternal Life
by Dara Horn
Eternal life (11/28/2017)
Dara Horn asks the reader to accept the premise that a vow to God can both save a life and give another eternal life. At first glance this may sound like a good bargain, but when generation after generation die before you it seems more like a curse.

The reader gets to know …more
Happiness
Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After
by Heather Harpham
Happiness (6/27/2017)
This well written memoir gives a glimpse into the hard decisions parents of medically fragile children must make. The effects of such adversities on the parental relationships was depicted with humor and pathos. How fortunate that this family had such support from their …more
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