Jessica Soffer Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/authors/jessica-soffer/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Sun, 16 Feb 2025 20:42:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg Jessica Soffer Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/authors/jessica-soffer/ 32 32 38398750 This is a Love Story https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/02/this-is-a-love-story/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/02/this-is-a-love-story/#comments Mon, 17 Feb 2025 08:46:46 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18995 For someone who’s been leery about literary fiction for the past six months I have two novels this week that epitomize the genre and what I love about it. With Central Park as the backdrop, This is a Love Story unfolds in alternating chapters from the novel’s three main characters: Abe, Jane and Max. Abe […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/02/this-is-a-love-story/feed/ 4 18995 My 9 Favorite Books in 2024 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/12/my-9-favorite-books-in-2024/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/12/my-9-favorite-books-in-2024/#comments Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:18:40 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18858 As I started reviewing my reading year there was one stat that jumped off the chart at me. Of the 13 five-star books I read this year my favorite 9 were backlist (published before 2024). I’m sure publishing analysts could provide an easy explanation (fewer books published in an election year) or a psychologist something […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/12/my-9-favorite-books-in-2024/feed/ 4 18858 Tomorrow There will be Apricots https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/04/tomorrow-there-will-be-apricots/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/04/tomorrow-there-will-be-apricots/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:59:23 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=1494 Tomorrow there will be Apricots is a portrait in sadness, the kind inflicted by others and the kind brought on by self. Lorca is a 14-year-old girl who is trying to gain the attention of her distant mother, who is a chef, and so turns to Victoria, an Iraqi woman who once owned a popular […]

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