Wise Men by Stuart Nadler
Stuart Nadler’s WISE MEN combines all the natural elements and structure of a good, tense read. It starts innocently enough in 1952 as the lives of Hilly and his family takes a turn…
Tag: Literary Fiction
The Colour of Milk by Nell Leyshon
In Nell Leyshon’s The Colour of Milk, fifteen-year-old Mary is a young farm girl who is content with her lot in life. It is not without difficulties (poverty and hard work, spiteful older…
The Little Russian by Susan Sherman, The Death of Bees by Lisa O’Donnell, and The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro
The Little Russian by Susan Sherman The Little Russian by Susan Sherman is the story of the self-absorbed and dauntless Berta Alshonsky, a young Ukrainian woman coming of age at the turn of…
A Quiet American by Graham Greene & Ashenden by Elizabeth Wilhide
The Quiet American by Graham Greene Graham Greene’s The Quiet American has been sitting on my shelf for a good long while, and this year’s resolve to read more freely has finally gifted…
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwen
Serena Frome starts off as many young women do, choosing a collegiate career to satisfy her parent’s desires and ambitions. Pressured into attending Cambridge University’s Newnham College for a degree in Mathematics, Serena…
The Child’s Child by Barbara Vine
I’ve read Ruth Rendell in the past, but the name of the particular work now escapes me. What didn’t escape me was her beautiful writing, attention to detail, and carefully considered plots. The…