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Fly Girl
Fly Girl: A Memoir
by Ann Hood
Fly (4/6/2022)
This is an interesting book, especially for someone who has flown many times and may have wondered what being a flight attendant was like. The experience of going through the process of getting hired and trained is well documented. The many experiences on the job and …more
The Temple House Vanishing
The Temple House Vanishing
by Rachel Donohue
The Temple House Vanishing (4/8/2021)
I thought 'The Temple House Vanishing' was really engrossing from the first page. The story is told in first-person narrations alternatively by Louisa, a scholarship student, and by the journalist trying to unravel the mystery (or is it mysteries) of two disappearances many …more
Raft of Stars
Raft of Stars
by Andrew J. Graff
My take on 'Raft of Stars' (11/7/2020)
'Raft of Stars' is a fast moving but really unlikely story. If you are looking for a book that never drags, that keeps your interest, you may enjoy it. The actions the characters took required too much of a suspension of belief for me; I found some of the behaviors just too …more
I Want You to Know We're Still Here
I Want You to Know We're Still Here: A Post-Holocaust Memoir
by Esther Safran Foer
In the end, good does win (12/7/2019)
'I Want You to Know We're Still Here' cannot be read easily or quickly. It is difficult to picture having to do painstaking research with scant leads to find your family's past when I have always known my own.

To me this is a story of determination and unwillingness to give …more
Ellie and the Harpmaker
Ellie and the Harpmaker
by Hazel Prior
Ellie and the Harpmaker (3/25/2019)
Author Hazel Prior has written a warm and charming story in 'Ellie and the Harpmaker'. From the first, I loved the two main characters, each of whom was vulnerable in his or her own way, and had a hard time putting the book aside. The changes in their lives as they become …more
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