Publication Info: Published September 1, 2018 by Brilliance Audio. Other editions available. (I listened to the book from Audible.com). The Storyteller’s Secret is a novel about obligation, family duty, and love in it’s many forms. Although the story takes place in India, the themes are universal. Jaya, an American woman of Indian descent, travels to India to discover her past and heal some deep hurts from her childhood as well as recover emotionally from three miscarriages. In India, she meets Ravi, her grandmother Amisha’s servant and dear friend. He tells her a story that helps explain Jaya’s mother’s odd behavior. …
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The Rain Watcher by Tatiana de Rosnay
Publication info: Published October 30, 2018 by St. Martin’s Press. Pre-Pub Kindle edition courtesy of NetGalley. Summary: The novel mostly takes place in Paris, France in the winter of 2017. Linden Malegarde is traveling to Paris to spend a weekend with his parents and sister, Tilia. His parents are celebrating both his father, Paul’s, seventieth birthday and his parents’ fortieth wedding anniversary. Linden Malegarde is a busy man with a lot on his mind. A well-known photographer, he is scheduled to do an important photo shoot immediately after the weekend gathering. Between emails to his agent and his partner, Sasha, …
The Kinship of Secrets by Eugenia Kim
Publicaton Info: November 6th 2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Pre-pub Kindle edition courtesy of Eidelweiss+ by Above the Treeline. Summary: Four-year-old Inja lives with her uncle, aunt, grandparents and a small household staff in Korea. Rumors of an invasion, of impending war, swirl around. Her Uncle is concerned and follows the news and — the much more accurate — rumors closely. But Inja’s head is full of dreamy visions of her mysterious family in America. Inja knows she has a mother, father and a sister who live far away. They regularly send her packages with toys, food and clothing. She …
Open Your Eyes by Paula Daly
Publication Info: Pre-pub ARC provided by Eidelweiss+ by Above the Treeline. Expected publication Date, Oct 9, 2018 by Grove Press. Other editions available. Summary: Novelist Leon Campbell has several mid-list best selling novels to his name. To all appearances, he is happy and successful. His wife, Jane, is a creative writing teacher and aspiring author. They live in a middle-class neighborhood with their young son, Jack. The family just gotten in the car to go to Leon’s mother’s house for his birthday when their neighbor, Lawrence accosted them. Lawrence’s wife was upset once again about the Campbell’s cat getting into …
Our House by Louise Candlish
Publication Info: Kindle e-book, US edition, Berkeley Books, Aug 7, 2018. Other editions available. Downloaded via Overdrive through my public library. Summary: Fiona and Bram have a lovely home in an affluent suburb with excellent schools for their two young sons. They both have jobs they like and friends in the neighborhood. Fiona thought she had a perfect life until she caught Bram having sex with another woman—for the second time. Fiona wanted a separation from Bram with the least disruption for the children. As Bram had been literally caught with his pants down, he was hardly in a position to …
The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter
Publication Info: Audible.com edition published August 8, 2017 by Blackstone Audio. Other editions available, various publishers. Summary: Sisters Charlotte and Samantha would regret the afternoon they stayed home from track practice at school for the rest of their lives. Their home had recently burned down, torched by someone wanting to inflict pain and revenge upon their father, Rusty. The attorney to every misfortunate and criminal in the area, Rusty made a lot of enemies from those who were angry about his successes in the courtroom. Rusty’s wife, Harriet, the mother of his two much beloved daughters, let the girls stay …
Lying in Wait by Liz Nugent
Publication Date: June 12, 2018 by Gallery/Scout Press Summary:Lydia desperately wanted a second child. After having many miscarriages, her only living child was Laurence, now in high school. Lydia and her husband, Andrew, had tried adoption, but were turned down numerous times. Lydia had some peculiarities that made the adoption agencies leery of her ability to parent properly. Laurence was just one manifestation of Lydia’s peculiarities. Grossly overweight and babied to excess, Laurence was bullied at his new school. His parents were forced to pull him out of private school after his father made some disastrous business decisions. The family …
