Set in the Carolinas in the 1940s, The Road to Bittersweet is a beautifully written, evocative account of a young woman reckoning not just with the unforgiving landscape, but with the rocky emotional terrain that leads from innocence to wisdom. For fourteen-year-old Wallis Ann Stamper and her family, life in the Appalachian Mountains is simple and

My Review of “The Girls in the Picture” by Melanie Benjamin, Random House Publishing Group, Ballantine, January 2018 I enjoyed reading “The Girls in the Picture” by Melanie Benjamin. The genres for this novel are Historical Fiction, and Women’s Fiction. This is a story that starts in 1914 when silent movies were so important. This

Kim Michele Richardson HOME ABOUT BOOKS NEWS TOURS CONTACT Kim Michele Richardson – photo Andrew Eccles NY   JOURNEY TO INDIE BOOKSTORES             ~~~ I love exploring my birthplace in my writings; the beautiful, brutal and mysterious Kentucky land and its people. I have traveled to mostly every corner and nook of Kentucky and

HOME BOOKS SHORT FICTION BLOG ABOUT NEWS AND EVENTS The Last Suppers Set in 1950s Louisiana, Mandy Mikulencak’s beautifully written and emotionally moving novel evokes both The Help and Dead Man Walking with the story of an unforgettable woman whose quest to provide meals for death row prisoners leads her into the secrets of her

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My Review of “The English Wife” by Lauren Willig It is just so amazing that Lauren Willig , Author of “The English Wife” is able to weave a tale with different genres and a colorful cast of characters.  The genres of “The “English Wife” are Historical Fiction, Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Mystery and Suspense.There are some

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Some Interesting things about Katherine Arden, Author of “The Bear and the Nightingale” and “The Girl in the Tower”   …I live in Vermont in a 19th century farmhouse with five housemates. They put up with me writing on the couch a lot because I am a very cook cook (and they are also my

Meeting  Author Fiona Davis Today is Wednesday, December 20,2017 and I had the pleasure of meeting Fiona Davis , Author of “The Dollhouse” and “The Address” at the Syosset Library in Syosset. There was a respectable , big crowd, many who seemed to belong to book clubs. Fiona spoke about “The Dollhouse” , and some