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Beautiful Day

June 26, 2013

Beautiful Day

  Beautiful Day is Elin Hilderbrand’s newest novel and for her fans it’s another job well done. Jenna Carmichael is getting married but her happiest day is marred by her mother’s absence. Beth Carmichael died seven years ago and was known as a wise and gracious woman, widely loved by her family and friends. She was also, it seems, preternaturally prepared—she left behind a ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, chick lit, contemporary fiction, family, Reagan Arthur Books, weddings

Love Bomb: A Novel

May 24, 2013

Love Bomb

  Who doesn’t love a wedding? The friends and family of Gabe and Tess are gathered at her mother’s home for a garden wedding. The only hitch so far? The weather, which has forced the relocation of the festivities into the house. Not a problem for either Gabe or Tess, who are low key, in love and used to last minute changes, having met in Mali while working for Doctors Without ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, humor, Sarah Crichton, weddings

Seating Arrangements

May 15, 2013

Seating Arrangements

  Seating Arrangements is the weekend long drama of the Van Meter family, gathered in their house on Waskeke Island, off the New England coast. For the family patriarch it is a time largely viewed as a disturbance to the normal stately pace of his life. The tiny minded Winn Van Meter, lives up to his last name by meting out every penny and every action as receivable or payable ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, family, Vintage, weddings

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