Just when Jill Murray has finally figured out how to manage on her own, her ex-husband proves that he can’t even run away reliably. After seven long years missing in action, he’s back – crashing into the man-free existence Jill and her ten-year-old daughter have built so carefully. What’s a good mother to do? To [CONTINUE READING]
HOW TO BE AN AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE is about the strong pull of tradition, and the lure and cost of breaking free of tradition. Set in California and Japan, it tells the story of Shoko, a Japanese woman who married an American GI as a way of improving her and her family’s fortunes, moved with him [CONTINUE READING]
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Mailbox Monday is where other bloggers write about the books they received the previous week. The Printed Page is the host of the Mailbox Monday meme. Visit her blog to see what books made it her way and get a chance to get one of her books once she’s done reading it. You can also [CONTINUE READING]
After Katie Charmaine’s husband is killed in Iraq, all she has left is a closet full of his clothes, a few pictures, and fond memories. She not only lost her love, but her last chance to have the children she’s always wanted. Until Zack Ferguson shows up in town . . . with the daughter [CONTINUE READING]
Every day, we express affection, love, and care for others. We also compare ourselves to others and strive for respect, influence, and power. Elaine N. Aron, the bestselling author of The Highly Sensitive Person, shows that true self-worth results from a healthy balance of these two, love and power. When we focus too much on [CONTINUE READING]
TITLE: Balancing Acts AUTHOR: Zoe Fishman PUBLISHER: Harper Paperbacks PUBLICATION DATE: March 16, 2010 PAGES: 384 pages GENRE: Contemporary Women’s Fiction Charlie seemed to have it all—beauty, brains and a high-paying Wall Street job far away from her simple Midwest upbringing. Then, in the middle of her “quarter life crisis,” she decides that the banker’s [CONTINUE READING]
TITLE: Love & War: Finding the Marriage You’ve Dreamed Of AUTHORS: John & Stasi Eldridge PUBLISHER: DoubleDay Religion PUBLICATION DATE: December 15, 2009 HARDBACK PAGES: 222 GENRE: Non-Fiction, Christian Living, Marriage Resource What the Eldredge bestsellers WILD AT HEART did for men, and CAPTIVATING did for women, LOVE & WAR will do for married couples [CONTINUE READING]
Title: The Male Factor Author: Shaunti Feldhahn Publisher: WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group Publication Date: December 29th, 2009 Paperback: 320 pages Genre: Non-Fiction, Business Many talented women today risk undermining their careers without realizing it, simply because they don’t understand how they are perceived by their male colleagues and customers. In The Male Factor, best-selling author [CONTINUE READING]
He stared at the screen, his mind spinning. “It couldn’t be…” Joanna Richman. Brian shook his head, his emotions warring. He remembered her, all right. Her and that night in the minutest detail, his nascent writer’s mind recording everything: the shadowy modernist interior club, the moment their eyes met falling madly in love with her [CONTINUE READING]
Aging with Grace by Greg Liberman explores how far one middle-aged, middle class American woman will go to fulfill her desire to be rich and famous before it’s too late. Grace, once beautiful and popular, is now a housewife that’s dissatisfied and growing older. When she reconnects on a social networking Web site with April, [CONTINUE READING]
AN IMAGINARY FRIEND…Jane Margaux is a lonely little girl. Her mother, a powerful Broadway producer, makes time for her only once a week, for their Sunday trip to admire jewelry at Tiffany’s. Jane has only one friend: a handsome, comforting, funny man named Michael. He’s perfect. But only she can see him. Michael can’t stay [CONTINUE READING]
