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A lady’s maid in love with the lady, racy scenes, angst, wonderful details of a life in service to a In this upstairs/downstairs novel, set in nineteenth century New York, Mary Ballard is a lady’s maid But on her own time, Mary is Irish exile Maire O’Farren, and she keeps mixed company as part of a secret

I’m not sure how to feel about the construct of having a young woman’s desire to gain acknowledgment

Riley is murdered after gaining his freedom, which makes those involved in the case wonder: if Riley

She's asked to play the role of maid to an unassuming, wealthy young woman in a dastardly plot to take Meanwhile, Maud's bristly uncle, a strict man of books who has raised his niece primarily to assist him

As teenagers they run from a prescribed future as maids in the small town, where tragedy in the form The other twin marries a dark-skinned black man and lives as a black woman. the tension of living under false pretenses, fearing how tenuous the foundation of your life and love may

about race seem wildly optimistic in light of his voiced views about women and Jewish people, but they may It may be difficult to fully appreciate or imagine the danger Greene placed herself in by hiding her Christie, The Only Woman in the Room, Carnegie's Maid, and Lady Clementine. Murray is the author of Stand Your Ground, A Sin and a Shame, Too Little, Too Late, Never Say Never, and many

She must cobble together the various bits of knowledge and savviness she's gained through tracing the steps of her many other selves if she's going to stand any chance of outsmarting the canny and intelligent Adam Bosch--a man who will otherwise almost certainly be the source of her undoing.

Wings is historical fiction that tracks the characters of (the real-life) Sarah Grimke and her enslaved maid In 1803 Charleston, plantation owners wield cruel and immense control over their many enslaved people enslaved people considered disobedient; the oppressive power exercised over the humans considered by many

in on her with his roommate, in flagrante delicto; her throwing up on his shoes; her deliriously e-mailing But I didn't love that a man was swooping in to help cement that who she was as a person was acceptable

She's asked to play the role of a maid to an unassuming, wealthy young woman and play a key part in a complements it) often makes her wonderful books feel like Westerns to me, as with her book The Lost Man community, a long-ago loss of several of its beloved young people, and a fresh tragedy that brings the pain

There's a lot of pain here. I felt like I was following her on her honest, zigzagging, messy journey toward gaining more of an understanding Regarding their talking through their past together, Moorer says, "So many memories we share and purposely Moorer's love of music (including her passion to write, sing, and harmonize) links many of these memories

It had shaped who she was in many senses, but now she was a grown woman with a full life, and she was There's a lot of pain here. I felt like I was following her on her honest, zigzagging, messy journey toward gaining more of an understanding Regarding their talking through their past together, Moorer says: "So many memories we share and purposely

As teenagers they run from a prescribed future as maids in the small town, where tragedy in the form The other twin marries a dark-skinned black man and lives as a black woman.

He's struggling to maintain two relationships--with Naomi, a playful and uninhibited younger woman, and with his intellectual and caring first love, Sylvia, who is coping with chronic pain and disability The prose in Intermezzo is gorgeous and often feels poetic--in fact, many of the notes in the back matter

He's struggling to maintain two relationships--one with Naomi, a playful younger woman, and one with

Belle is fearful--particularly for her mother's sake--that her father's true origins may be uncovered All of this, along with her pain at the loss of her beloved father, keeps her closed off emotionally. And she also realizes she may not be helping; she may be making everything worse. When she finds that she's pregnant, she begins a winding path to figuring out her life that mainly entails

She's Barbara Van Lear, the daughter of the owners of the camp where many local residents work. But Cushla--along with many other citizens--is more and more astounded by the increasing conflict between of the story, vividly building the constant undercurrent of tension, the twinges of fear, the devil-may-care The prose in Intermezzo is gorgeous and often feels poetic--in fact, many of the notes in the back matter Here One Moment tracks many characters' subsequent dilemmas and decision-making, in a few cases delving

When she finds that she's pregnant, she begins a winding path to figuring out her life that mainly entails book that takes a very different look at unexpected single motherhood--its tone is much lighter, and many

When she finds that she's pregnant, she begins a winding path to figuring out her life that mainly entails

Julie Yip-Williams is a beautiful writer who is so smart, reflects deeply, and candidly shares the many That said, I have a tough time reading memoirs in which someone is fighting cancer, and this one may full review of this book, please see Know My Name . 06 Open Book by Jessica Simpson Open Book is a mainly

She's spent her first year at school holing up and studying, maintaining a quiet life.

She maintains a best friend from childhood who talks Adina into publishing a book of her brief yet powerful The book becomes a polarizing work, with many responding positively to Adina's perspective and others Meanwhile the reader is privy to Adina's many missives to her extraterrestrial family--and their often-terse

danger Adelaide has never acknowledged outside the family yet has carried with her; the reasoning for maintaining

different take, you might check out The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, in which vampires mainly

After being involved in multiple disasters in only her first day of classes, she fears college may become She must cobble together the various bits of knowledge and savviness she's gained through tracing the steps of her many other selves if she's going to stand any chance of outsmarting the canny and intelligent Adam Bosch--a man who will otherwise almost certainly be the source of her undoing. Katy is deeply grieving while questioning her own life, including her marriage to a kind man.

As teenagers they run from a prescribed future as maids in the small town, where tragedy in the form The other twin marries a dark-skinned black man and lives as a black woman.

and Sweet Light Fiction Adorable rom-coms feel like the perfect summertime reading, and I've loved so many She's fake-dating a nice man in order to keep his family off of his back. But it looks like she may have to rely on her annoying next-door neighbor Wes to try to gain the attention

Ko is an Indigenous man who is taken advantage of time after time. them--homes they never desired but have been forced to take on; the mounting expenses of upkeep and maintenance It details the goings-on at an Indian Training School and the "restructuring" that cut off many American

But it looks like she may have to rely on her annoying next-door neighbor Wes to try to gain the attention

For my full review, check out A Marvellous Light. 02 Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler I listened to Empire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe's exhaustive history of the Sackler family as traced Empire of Pain is essential nonfiction that details the shocking narcissism, relentless ambition and Click here for my full review of Empire of Pain. 03 See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon Rachel Lynn Douglas Stuart is also the author of Shuggie Bain. For my full review, check out Young Mungo.

Now Smithy's out of prison and he mainly resists sinking back into illegal habits. that the mystery of the code in deceased author Edith Twyford's largely condemned, prejudiced stories may be linked to the vanishing of his teacher so many years earlier--that is, linked by a hidden fortune

at night peers out the window to see him--he is armed, and to her horror, she sees him kill another man stories of Keegan's acclaimed debut, Antarctica, a young wife leaves town to experience being with a man Now he's out of prison and mainly resists sinking back into illegal habits...but he's got a hunch that Edith Twyford's largely condemned, simplistic, prejudiced stories and the vanishing of his teacher so many years earlier may be linked by a hidden fortune.

It had shaped who she was in many senses, but now she was a grown woman with a full life, and she was There's a lot of pain here. I felt like I was following her on her honest, zigzagging, messy journey toward gaining more of an understanding Regarding their talking through their past together, Moorer says: "So many memories we share and purposely

Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes Natalie Haynes's mythological retellings put women at the center of many the women left behind as the men journeyed and sought to inspire songs and stories--often women who may She must cobble together the various bits of knowledge and savviness she's gained through tracing the Adam Bosch--a man who will otherwise almost certainly be the source of her undoing. 03 The Guncle by The subtitle of Browder's nonfiction book is A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight

As teenagers they run from a prescribed future as maids in the small town, where tragedy in the form The other twin marries a dark-skinned black man and lives as a black woman.

Sci-fi books can be so lovely and weird and immersive, and the stories can dive into so many fascinating She must cobble together the various bits of knowledge and savviness she's gained through tracing the Adam Bosch--a man who will otherwise almost certainly be the source of her undoing. For my full review, see How High We Go in the Dark. 04 Warcross (Warcross #1) by Marie Lu You may see You may be able to see much of this one coming, but the action-packed fight for justice coupled with

They've got so many ways of calling you a witch, they just change it to how it suits them. the world are captivatingly described, and the tenuous situation for a woman at the time without a man Tamar, Jane, and Tabitha become linked by complicated connections to one man. search for meaning--and how a robot's simple questions about maintaining the status quo might open up The robot's appearance and his observations and questions upends many of the ideas Dex had taken for

Chambers's slim book explores a man's search for meaning--and how a robot's simple questions about maintaining The robot's appearance and his observations and questions upends many of the ideas Dex had taken for

immigrants, he enjoyed making 'zines, searching for vintage records, and making sure he felt different from mainstream In Hua's view, Ken was as mainstream as they came. Over the course of many years, the author sorted through his feelings and memories, cherishing a folder

forced to marry the cult's leader when she was thirteen and worked as secretary for "The Family" for many with dark humor--and a sense that the matter of who's taking care of who is not as cut-and-dried as it may In Hua's view, Ken was as mainstream as they came.

In Matt Haig's The Humans, an extraterrestrial arrives on Earth with a mission: to kill the man who has the visitor nevertheless assumes the appearance of Professor Andrew Martin and clumsily takes on the man's Meanwhile, he is having a deeply positive effect on his fake family, who have been in pain for years. Certain humans, in humid rainforests mainly, still do so. I love a book that looks at our many human absurdities through alien or other eyes.

Her memoir focuses largely on her younger years, but also explores her mainly positive, almost dreamlike

Julie Yip-Williams is a beautiful writer who is so smart, reflects deeply, and candidly shares the many That said, I have a tough time reading memoirs in which someone is fighting cancer, and this one may my full review of this book, please see Know My Name. 06 Open Book by Jessica Simpson Open Book is a mainly

, joys, and his unexpected satisfaction in playing dramatic roles after a long career in fringe and mainstream He digs into details about process; many of his own (sometimes hard-won) revelations; his navigation

That means making tenuous alliances, honing her pickpocketing skills, and maintaining a cursory relationship Books with Cold, Wintry Settings to Read by the Fire or the nonfiction book Wintering by Katherine May

The situation may lead to personal and career frustration--and maybe heartbreak. Least Impressed Visitors by Amber Share If you've missed the hilarious Subpar Parks phenomenon, it may poster of a grumpy Yosemite review that always makes me laugh ("Trees block view and there are too many If so, this fall's Daughter of the Deep from this prolific author may need to go on the shopping list Blades presents her mainly simple, straightforward, lighthearted ideas with humor and heart.

It had shaped who she was in many senses, but now she was a grown woman with a full life, and she was There's a lot of pain here. I felt like I was following her on her honest, zigzagging, messy journey toward gaining more of an understanding Regarding their talking through their past together, Moorer says: "So many memories we share and purposely

My very favorite books from May! trainer in the French Resistance despite the physical limitations caused by her prosthetic leg (which she gained Mary's foul treatment by her husband--and the community's unwillingness to protect her--may have you

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading what may be a perfect summer read with plenty of nostalgia; a dark I received a prepublication digital edition of this book, to published May 11, 2021, courtesy of Celadon Sarahland: Stories by Sam Cohen Cohen's debut, Sarahland: Stories, centers around characters who are mainly

officer sending and receiving secret wireless signals, managing a network of agents across Europe, and maintaining Traitor served as a double agent for British intelligence against the Soviets, and detailed MI6 records may