Lindsey's Literary Leanings

  Complex, Powerful, Heartbreaking Historical Fiction/Family Fiction The Immigrant’s Wife by J.B. Harris ( Jbharrisbooks ) How was their fledgling relationship to survive, when all around them people tutted and stared and made remarks under their breath that they thought Anna and Charles couldn’t hear, some not even caring if they did. No one was prepared to fight their corner, save Jesse, Anna’s older sister and they both knew that they could no longer be if the girls’ parents were to find out. They had made it painfully clear where they stood on the matter, which had surprised Anna, as even up to that fateful day, she had still held onto the hope that they would see what she saw when they looked at Charles. That affection for him would increase as they got to know one another. Anna had brushed aside the warnings from her mother about what her life would be like and felt certain that if they had each other, together they could weather any storm. However, neither of them could ha...

Intriguing, Absorbing, Emotional Historical Fiction/Family Drama/Romance/Coming Of Age/Women’s Fiction Twilight’s Hidden Truth by Rachel Valencourt, book two of the ‘Winds of Change Trilogy’ Twyla Silverson is about to be confronted with the events of her past, both good and bad, when her mother Dawn, on her ninetieth birthday, makes a brave decision and hands her granddaughter Styla, her lifetime of memories with the soul condition that she use the information to write their matriarch’s memoirs. Why is it brave? She is letting go of the burden of truth that she has held for so many years, not having been able to find the words, and she knows that somewhere in that box, amongst the papers, letters, photographs, child’s drawings and stories, journals and other keepsakes from those closest to her, there lies a secret, one that could shatter the very foundations that her family have so lovingly built. It is also brave because she knows that she is the only one who can answer the questions...