A young, naive girl with no social graces; an aging hippie whose baby daughter was kidnapped; a hospital operator whose sister committed suicide, all linked together in this beautifully realistic tale Review here: https://peddlerofdreams.wordpress.com/2016/05/17/book-review-five-roses-by-alice...

I've had this one on my TBR for a while. Now I need to make it my next read! While I do believe that we have free will & the choice of weather or not to give in to temptation, the constant 24x7 consumption culture makes it difficult to resist each shiny new thing that promises to change our world.

This book resonates with me so much, on so many levels! This quote right now is me to a tee.

Libraries are the guardians of mankind's memories. Their collections are the scrapbooks of civilization, for they preserve the wrinkled dreams and whispered longings of those who've come before. That need to chronicle lies at the heart of what it means to be human.

This entirely beguiling novel pulls you into its world from the very first page and doesn‘t let you go until long after you‘ve put the book down. A definite must-read. Full review here: https://peddlerofdreams.wordpress.com/2015/12/21/book-review-the-golem-and-the-d...

As in all short story collections, you won‘t love all of the stories. Some are really a bit silly – after all, who falls in love with a voice? – but all of the stories take a hard, unflinching look at love in all its avatars. It‘s a beautiful collection; I‘ll be looking out for more of her work