On Fire Island by Jane L. Rosen

July 04, 2023

I know some of you will stop right now when I tell you the main character of Jane L. Rosen’s novel, On Fire Island, died of cancer. That’s not a spoiler. Julia Morse is the narrator of the book, and she starts the story at her funeral. But, cancer will be...

Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron

May 14, 2022

I’m going to be the first one to tell you that Delia Ephron’s memoir Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life is definitely not for everyone. Those of you who watched a loved one suffer from cancer or another long, drawn-out disease will probably not want to...

Lizzie & Dante by Mary Bly

July 19, 2021

Here’s another one of those beautiful books I cried over, so if you don’t want to read about a book that takes your heart apart several times, and tries to mend it, a book about love and death, food, music, poetry and Shakespeare, you might as well skip my...

Pack Up the Moon by Kristan Higgins

June 23, 2021

Kristan Higgins’ latest novel, Pack Up the Moon, isn’t for everyone. However, if you’re one of those readers who cried and loved Cecelia Ahern’s 2004 debut, PS, I Love You, as I did, you’ll want to try this book. I can think of several...

One Night Two Souls Went Walking by Ellen Cooney

December 06, 2020

Ellen Cooney’s novel, One Night Two Souls Went Walking is not an easy book to read, but it’s beautiful. It’s not easy to read about a chaplain’s loss of faith. How does a chaplain talk about the soul with dying people when she herself has lost...