"I wonder why this shit always happens to us," she says, and presses her cheek against his neck. "I don't know..." Paul says. "I guess because we let it." Authentically rendered, Grant Grinder breaths snarky, acerbic life into the characters of The People We Hate at the Wedding and captures the realistic dysfunction of the … Continue reading Book Review: The People We Hate at the Wedding by Grant Ginder
Rupert believed in his sons, and his belief in them was the greatest thing he gave them. He simply couldn’t show them affection. It seemed inevitable to Eleanor that Rupert had managed his final illness to make physical touch impossible, as if he’d been traveling toward the point his whole life. His last coherent words … Continue reading Book Review: The Heirs by Susan Rieger
Maybe that’s the real point of The Rules, as we’ve already dubbed them. Maybe it isn’t simply that the architect’s a control freak who’s worried we’ll mess up his beautiful house. Maybe it’s a kind of experiment. An experiment in living. The story of One Folgate Street is told through the two alternating narratives of … Continue reading Book Review: The Girl Before by JP Delaney
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