Loved reading this to my son. Also has encyclopedic descriptions of animals depicted in the book. We must have read it 50 times.🙃

Personal historical fiction based on authors family history. Sexual awakening, loss, and triumph. Highly recommend.

This follows one of the characters from Cider House Rules--so detailed you can visualize and feel each scene.

Earthy honesty to this poignant tale about life and death and choices. Set in New England.

Wonderful odyssey of a family in 50's and 60's--suspenseful--political historical fiction. Long read.

Wonderfully modern take on Sense & Sensibility. Such a risk to try to successfully follow in Austen's footsteps, and she succeeds.

Read and re-read--a treasure of heartbreaks and triumphs in the start of the civil rights movement.

Autobiographical - compelling stories of her life and those of some of her patients. Highly recommend.

Compelling--one of those books you have to read to the end. Who can she trust?

Ok but not great. He may be better at writing for the screen.

Part of the Harlem Renaissance, pivotal, experimental writing with heart and mind. A most valued writer of our time.

Wrenching and joyful of worth and value. Of love and overcoming hate. Belle lettres.

Complex story and style within a unique historical narrative.

Will make you thankful for what you have and your trust in others tested.

Interesting juxtaposition of time and circumstances- trying to right an injustice.

A well written fictional perspective in the grey, complicated time of occupation in WWII. Intriguing and original.

Loved the parallel of the author's life to the story.

Unique perspective of protagonist's personal and professional life within a crime novel.

Another historical lit treasure via a unique sub story of the resistance in WW II.

I love personalized stories regarding history. Highly recommend.