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Four Winds, The

A Story of Family, Survival, and Belonging Author: Kristin Hannah Elsa is the sick one. The dowdy one. The forgotten sister. The unwanted child. When she makes a new red dress and has one night on the town, her parents shun her and give the few good things she has to her siblings. When it is revealed that she is pregnant by an engaged, Italian farmer, her family is done with her for good, dropping her at the Martinelli farm where her future becomes inextricable with the land. Rafe, the lover, loses his engagement, his chance at a college education, his [...]

Frances Carden2021-12-31T11:03:37-07:00November 20th, 2021|Tags: bestseller, book review, four winds, kristin hannah, read, reading|

Their Eyes Were Watching God

A Classic That Tries Too Hard Author: Zora Neale Hurston It’s 1930s in the Deep South and Janie Crawford, a young black woman, wants more than the status quo. As spring approaches and the promise in the tree buds spark Janie’s own internal growth and longing, her well meaning mother, a former slave, sets Janie down the path of marriage and a steady life. But Janie wants love. Wants choice. Wants more from life than her mother could have ever imagined and far more than the times allow. Through three marriages, Janie experiences the heartbreak of being a man’s object, until [...]

Frances Carden2021-11-12T16:59:14-07:00November 12th, 2021|Tags: book review, classic, read, reading|

Departures

Comfortably Numb Author: E.J. Wenstrom Seventeen-year-old Evalee is celebrating the last night of her life. There aren’t many who are close to her, not many goodbyes to be said. After all, her death date has been tattooed on her arm from the day of her birth, a result of the Directorate’s infinite wisdom, its mission to keep all citizens from experiencing pain or discomfort. Many people live over a century. But that’s not Evalee’s case, and the date of her Departure has loomed over her short life. But she takes the pill. She says goodbye. She goes to bed, thinking over [...]

Frances Carden2021-10-31T16:01:03-07:00October 31st, 2021|Tags: book review, fantasy, reading, scifi, ya|