Our Short History by Lauren Grodstein

March 22, 2017

The disease of the year must be ovarian cancer. Last month, I reviewed The Mother’s Promise by Sally Hepworth. Hepworth’s novel focused as much on the daughter as the dying mother, because the daughter suffered from Social Anxiety Disorder. There’s a...

The Mother’s Promise by Sally Hepworth

February 18, 2017

If you’re a fan of the issue-oriented novels of Jodi Picoult or Lisa Genova, you might want to try Sally Hepworth’s The Mother’s Promise. I’ll admit, it was a difficult book for me to get through. But, I’m a wimp who likes even my...

Like Family by Paolo Giordano

December 10, 2015

If Paolo Giordano actually means his characters are Like Family, it’s a sad little family in his latest novel. It’s a novel that leaves readers with more questions than answers. The unnamed narrator and his wife, Nora, have been married ten years. For most...