I really enjoyed this story about a week in the life of a young woman in Northern Ireland. Majella is in her mid-twenties and lives with her mother in the very small fictional town of Aghybogey during the time of “The Troubles”. Her day to day life is ordinary – she cares for her mother…
I really enjoyed this debut novel that combines courtroom drama with a moving story about a Korean-American family. Even better, the author is local and writes about a small town in Virginia that doesn’t exist but felt very real. The Yoo family runs a a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, a submarine-like contraption that people sit in to…
This is the third book I’ve read by Carolyn Parkhurst, and each one has left me with deeply mixed feelings. There are many books you put down and don’t really remember. Hers are the opposite. She gives you beautiful writing and compelling characters, but a story that’s impossibly unrealistic and leaves you wishing for more.…
I have several friends who have children on the autism spectrum, and being in the education world I think it’s important that I understand as much as I can. My sister is a special education teacher and she works with autistic children every day. I sent her this book. The Reason I Jump was written…
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