The Book That Matters Most by Ann Hood

August 14, 2016

Pride and Prejudice. Anna Karenina. To Kill a Mockingbird. Ann Hood’s fictional book club discusses these and seven more titles in her latest novel, The Book That Matters Most. But, it’s a book from childhood that mattered the most to the the...

Miller’s Valley by Anna Quindlen

April 23, 2016

Mary Margaret Miller. Mimi. Meem. Even Babe. Whatever name she goes by, Mary Margaret is one of the most memorable narrators I’ve met in a long time. She’s matter-of-fact as she tells the bittersweet story of the home she loved her entire life in Anna...

From Here to Home by Marie Bostwick

March 30, 2016

Three years ago, in Between Heaven and Texas, Marie Bostwick told Mary Dell Templeton’s story. Now, she moves that storyline forward thirty years in From Here to Home. Mary Dell was one of a long line of strong women from Too Much, Texas. When her son,...

Domestic Secrets by Rosalind Noonan

February 22, 2016

Rosalind Noonan’s novel of dysfunctional families and relationships, Domestic Secrets, is a troubling story. Readers of Jodi Picoult’s books may want to give this one a try. Rachel Whalen and Ariel Alexander had been friends for years. Their children had...