“How did you get to be the woman you are today?” Addie Baum’s 22- year old granddaughter wants to know. So begins a moving novel, rich in emotion and historical detail, about growing up during an era in which the “modern” woman started to emerge. The novel opens in the year 1915, and describes the…
I know what you’re thinking….Stephen King, no way, he’s too scary! Before you skip this review, know that this is NOT a horror story. Did you know Stephen King wrote short stories that would later become hit movies like The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me? Here’s a thriller, the first in a trilogy centered…
10 year olds Jack Peter Keenan and Nick Weller nearly drowned three years ago. Jack never leaves the house but spends much of his time drawing and playing with Nick. Soon his mother Holly hears strange noises in the house and his father Tim sees frightening creatures on the dark roads. One or two well…
Aubrey is a 20-something girl living in NYC city, far enough away from Long Island and a past she would not like to revisit. Than Rachel commits suicide, and Aubrey is forced back to Long Island for a funeral she does not plan on actually attending. Told from Aubrey’s perspective, the book goes back…
Told from three different perspectives, we are immersed into the lives of a group of families living in a small town, connected to one another through the public school their children attend. Moriarty’s characters are complex, intriguing, funny, and dark. Read this book and see what little lies led up to murder on Trivia Night!