hosted in April at Passages To The Past
For review from Harper Collins:
(Goodreads synopsis) When Sheila McGann sets out to redeem her disgraced brother, a once-beloved Catholic priest in suburban Boston, her quest will force her to confront cataclysmic truths about her fractured Irish-American family, her beliefs, and, ultimately, herself. Award-winning author Jennifer Haigh follows her critically acclaimed novels Mrs. Kimble and The Condition with a captivating, vividly rendered portrait of fraying family ties, and the trials of belief and devotion, in Faith.
For review from Joan Schulhafer:
(Goodreads synopsis): Madeline, Avery, and Nikki are strangers to each other, but they have one thing in common. They each wake up one morning to discover their life savings have vanished, along with their trusted financial manager- leaving them with nothing but co-ownership of a ramshackle beachfront house.
Throwing their lots in together, they take on the challenge of restoring the historic property. But just as they begin to reinvent themselves and discover the power of friendship, secrets threaten to tear down their trust-and destroy their lives a second time.
For review from Harper via LibraryThing Early Reviewers:
(LT description): After dating driven, self-absorbed men in New York, Krissy Gasbarre relocates to Italy to be near her new English beau and to research the roots of her lovably alpha-male, Italian-American grandpa. But just weeks into her European adventure, the Brit takes a job in the Middle East…and her grandpa, who’s been an indelible force in her life, passes away.
For the first time in a decade, Krissy moves back to her Pennsylvania hometown to mourn her grandpa’s death and help her close-knit, festive family care for her refined (but notoriously non-maternal) grandmother. That’s when Grandma Gloria reveals the untold story of her 60-year marriage and the love lessons that made her relationship so much more successful than the ones her granddaughter’s known.
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How to Love an American Man looks really interesting. Enjoy.
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They all look great! I hope I get Ten Beach Road next week – I’m going to an event for Wendy in May.
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I would like to read The Beach Road. Enjoy your books.
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Enjoy your books :=)
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They all sound good, and I love the cover of Faith. Enjoy your books, Mary!
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I think all 3 of these look good. Thanks for sharing! Love the beachy cover on TEN BEACH ROAD. Enjoy!
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I loved the synopsis for How to Love an American Man. Her grandmother’s tale of love must be for her ear only … yet now we have a chance to hear it too. Noting this one down and will be back to read your review.
Another successful mailbox and the covers this week are quite fetching. The first one Faith is catchy… the dynamics of depth perspectives… WOW.
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These are all new books for me and all sounds good. Enjoy!
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Oooh, those all sound wonderful. *Sigh* my list keeps getting ever longer. Have a great week and happy reading!
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These all look great, but How to Love an American Man has me totally interested; I’ll be looking forward to your review! Enjoy!
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These all look fabulous! I also received Ten Beach Road, and I’m very excited about it.
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Looks like you had a great week!
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Interesting books! The Beach Road sounds like the perfect summer read. Enjoy your books.
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I want Ten Beach Road! Enjoy your books!
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Ten Beach Road just makes me happy for Spring and Summer reads. Happy Reading!
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We got some of the same books! Here’s mine:
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I got TEN BEACH ROAD too and HOW TO LOVE AN AMERICAN MAN, well now, I just HAVE to read that one…lol! Can’t wait to see your reviews of them 🙂 Here’s my Mailbox Monday
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Faith looked good but intense — can’t wait to see what you think of it!
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I pretty much love anything published by HarperCollins!
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I love the cover on Ten Beach Road! Ten Beach Road and How To Love an American Man both will make their way to my wish list. I’ll wait to see what you think of Faith before I add that one. Not sure it is the book for me. Enjoy all three books!
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They all look great. I’ll be reading Faith and Wendy’s new one and I can’t wait. Enjoy!
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Ooh, I’m almost done with How To Love An American Man and am enjoying it so, so much . . . it’s actually been one of my favorite reads so far this year! I relate to Krissy so much and have found the book absolutely delightful. Hope you enjoy it, too!
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I want all those books. Seriously, they’re all on my wish list. Have fun reading. I can’t wait to see what you think. Happy Reading.
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I’ve been seeing Ten Beach Road around (love that cover) but this is the first time I’ve read a description. Intriguing! All of them sound interesting.
Enjoy your reading!
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I got Faith last week too and cannot wait to read it! I’m also really eager to hear what you think of How to Love an American Man. It sounds like a wonderful summer read!
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How to Love An American man sounds wonderful. 🙂 Happy reading.
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These all sound very good. Looking forward to your reviews!
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Ooo, I read The Accidental Bestseller by Wendy Wax last year and really enjoyed it. Hope you like this one!
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I loved The Condition, Haigh’s previous book, so I really want to read Faith too. Enjoy all your books!
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I have seen Ten Beach Road a lot today, so will be on the lookout for reviews of this book to see if it goes on my ever growing list. Have a great reading week!!!
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I have Faith too…the other two look fantastic!!
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Both sound very interesting. Enjoy! I will be looking for your reviews.
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I’ll be interested to see what you think of Faith! Happy reading!
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TEN BEACH ROAD looks definitely good on the WWBL. Thanks for the cranium’s up on this one.
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The Beach Road looks good..I love books by Wendy Wax!
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Three nice review books… I’d like to read all of them.
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Great books! I’ve seen Wendy’s around quite a few places and think it sounds fabulous!! Enjoy your new reads!
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I am looking forward to reading Faith too!
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Looks like some good ones. Enjoy!
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