A saga.  A really long dramatic tale about a woman’s life.  She started out in the slums of London, worked as a nursemaid for a ministers family and emigrated to America… ended up getting together with the minister when his wife died,  only for him to die a couple days before their wedding.  But she […]

“The baby moniter sits on top of the telly, so it’s usually in her line of sight.  She sees the lights flickering before she hears the wail, and gets up to fetch her son.  She takes the steps two at a time in a futile effort to regain her former slender thighs.  They never felt […]

“The bedroom would become a confidential and intimate space for mother and daughter to collide - one passing on a timeless knowledge, the other poised in silent appreciation.  Then, handling them like collector’s items, the beautiful maiden would begin to concoct a spell.  Humming sweetly, she would carefully unseal the amulets and apply small amounts to […]

I’m pretty sure I have read all her books now.  All on accident,  weird that I can have read all an author’s books without once seeking her out.
I didn’t love this one.  At all. 
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