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items A story set in China about the tea industry and how it affects one woman
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A very interesting read that taught me a lot about Chinese culture. It kept me engaged the entire time
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane: A Novel by Lisa See, Paperback
An excellent read!! This book kept me enthralled from beginning to end. Without ruining it for anyone it takes you from aristocracy to poverty, from an unhappy life to a life of contentment until that new life is threatened. Well worth the read.
The Lost Passenger by Frances Quinn
An excellent read. Lorena, wealthy daughter of a banker, is devastated by the stock market crash of 1929. She ‘suffers’ the difficulties of poverty and then she meets 100 year old Frankie, a former slave. As Frankie shares her life story with Lorena ...
Under the Tulip Tree by Michelle Shocklee
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As someone from European descent I’ve often read and heard about how the Nazi’s affected Europe. Here is a story of a young girl whose parents take a gamble and leave her in an apartment foyer, hoping someone will take care of her while they flee for...
The Girl They Left Behind by Roxanne Veletzos
I’ve been a John Grisham fan for a long time but this book really stands out. Lots of unforeseen twists and turns which keeps you enthralled. It’s interesting how greed can affect your perspective but in the end it doesn’t really matter. This book is...
The Widow by John Grisham
Fantastic book!! The heroine is a girl who has a skill that is unacceptable for women in her era. How she overcomes these prejudices shows her strengths but how she is duped and used shows her weakness. This is an absolutely fantastic read. I highly ...
That Bonesetter Woman by Frances Quinn
This book gripped my attention from beginning to end. It’s set during the Great Depression in a school for Native Children. Two white brothers end up at the school, Albert and Odie. The book is written from Odie’s perspective. Their experience at the...
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
A book that grips your heart right from the very start. The pull of doing what is right, or what you feel is right, and doing what you need to do. The ups and downs in this book keep you rivetted. A family torn apart through a government agency, children being mistreated in a government orphanage, it all leads you to feel like there's no hope. The book takes you from the woes of the children torn from their family to a more modern time where you meet Avery who is being groomed to replace her father in the senate. She meets a woman who seems to know something about her family and as she digs into the past it leads you to the answers of the family torn apart. Definitely a must read!
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
An Excellent Read!! A dead baby found on an Amish farm seems impossible but it is true. Katie Fisher is charged with the murder of her baby. Ellie Hathaway is her lawyer and does everything possible to prove her innocent. So many secrets come out during the trial, but if Katie didn't do it, who did. This book kept me rivetted right to the very (shocking) end. You won't regret picking up this book. Personally I think it is one of Jodi Picoult's best novels.
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
It’s the 1960’s and Frankie McGrath, a new nursing graduate decides to join the Vietnam War and use her nursing skills. She wasn’t ready for what she was about to experience but she stuck with it and did whatever she had to. However her greatest batt...
The Women by Kristin Hannah | Goodreads
This book is about 2 women Peggy, a young North American and Gisela a European Jewess. Both of these woman have a friend in common, Jim, an American medic during WWII. Jim comes home from the war a broken man who tried to take his own life thereby e...
Long Way Home book by Lynn Austin
Loved this book. The author has the ability to make you feel calm and tranquil, then lead you into tense chaos and back to tranquility. It’s an interesting story about two very different women who because of two different circumstances and how their ...
The Yellow-Tail Moth