𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧 | Review & Tour Stop

𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟒.𝟏𝟏.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

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 If you love small-town romances, then 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧 is a book for you! 

Jennifer Bardsley has painted the perfect small-town atmosphere in Skagiton, Washington. It’s an old logging town, with Carol’s diner, an annual Tulip Festival, and the Skagiton Moms Facebook Group. It’s on this Facebook Group that you learn a lot of the town’s gossip; let me tell you, it gets nasty (but hilarious)! 

The story’s focus is Peter Marshal, a real estate agent, whose older sister happens to be one of the ring leaders of the Skagiton Moms. Peter is one of the most eligible bachelors in town, but he has his eyes on Noelle Walters.

Noelle is a widow and a single mom. She can’t imagine moving on from her late husband. Yet, she works with Peter, who is so sweet, kind, and incredibly handsome. But Peter’s opinionated sister Vanessa has labeled Noelle “the peanut butter bomber” (a peanut allergy incident), and all the single women in town want to get their claws in him. If Noelle doesn’t act, she may miss out on a second chance at happiness. 

A delightful story, full of humor and sass; I especially loved the Moms Facebook group! The romance is super sweet without becoming too saccharine. Just a fun, fresh read!

Thank you @suzyapprovedbooktours @amazonpublishing and @jenniferbardsleyauthor for a spot on tour and a gifted book.

💻 𝙳𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝙶𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚙𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝙵𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔? 𝙸𝚏 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢? 𝚁𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛, 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛, 𝚘𝚋𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛…

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 | Review & Tour Stop

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭

𝐁𝐲 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐈𝐝é𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐱𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟏𝟏.𝟏𝟏.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐

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𝘐𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬’𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰, “𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘥”?

📖 In New York, the party never stops and love’s always just around the corner. At least, that’s what queer journalist Esther Mollica told herself when she quit her job during the 2008 recession and moved three thousand miles away to become New York City’s first blogger on lesbian dating. Her hometown brought her nothing but heartache, and none more devastating than learning that the love of her life was secretly married to a man. On the other hand, New York, with its brazen, sadistic wiles, promised something more than just another walk of shame.

What it really delivered was the woman who became Esther’s hardest subject to write about: her editor. Soon, their tempestuous relationship turned into something as twisted and trauma-inducing as it was intoxicating. And even the haze of all-girl nightlife glamor at the height of pre-pandemic New York couldn’t help Esther hide from the truth: about their dysfunction, about her past, and about the life she longed for in the city she loved.

The Queen of Gay Street is a personal window into the queer dating scene and a promise that those in search of true love will find their own happily ever after.

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I love when memoirs are honest and authentic, not contrived. Esther Mollica shares her story with heart and humor. From the lure of New York City to all the relationship drama and traumas, I was thoroughly entertained by 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭.

Thank you @suzyapprovedbooktours and @esthermollica for a spot on tour and a gifted book.

🏙️ 𝙸𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐?

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 (𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐢𝐩𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 #𝟑) | Review & Tour Stop

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 (𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐢𝐩𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 #𝟑)

𝐁𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐤𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐢

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐌𝐈𝐑𝐀

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟑.𝟐𝟖.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑  𝒞𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒮𝑜𝑜𝓃!

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I was thrilled to be back with these characters! I loved 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 and 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐢𝐩𝐮𝐫 and now I was immersed in Radha’s fragrant world. 

Radha, Lakshmi’s younger sister, lives in Paris, working as a perfumist. She has a unique ability to layer scent into a beautiful bouquet that arouses the senses. But Radha is not unlike many women who struggle to balance work with motherhood and marriage. In fact, she still grieves for her son, Niki, who she had to give up at a very young age, a secret she has kept from most people in her life. 

When Radha is given the opportunity to return to India for an assignment, she calls upon her sister’s help to find the perfect ingredients for a signature scent. As Radha feels like she is becoming more grounded again, being back in India, an old wound is split wide open. Niki has gone to Paris to search for his birth mother.

This trilogy has been amazing! I have become attached to these characters and have loved watching them grow and flourish. But my favorite part has been the incredible sensory journey these books have been. Through vivid writing, I experienced the sights, smells, and sounds from the streets of India to the perfumer’s labs of France. 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦!

Thank you @harpercollins @_mira_books_ and @htpbooks for a spot on tour and a gifted ebook. 

🍶𝒟𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒶 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒻𝓊𝓂𝑒 𝑜𝓇 𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝓉?

𝗔 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗹 | Book Tour

𝗔 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗹

𝗕𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿

𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿: 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻

𝗣𝘂𝗯 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝟯.𝟮𝟭.𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯

𝒪𝓊𝓉 𝒩𝑜𝓌!

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Thank you @tlcbooktours @tnzfiction and @deniseahunter for a spot on tour and a gifted book.

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙎𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙬𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢: 𝙨𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚.

📖 Desperate to salvage her career, Sadie accepts an invitation to hole up at her friend’s beach duplex for the summer and devote herself to this confounding genre. After all, where better to witness love than on the beautiful South Carolina shore?

But Sadie soon finds many ways to procrastinate the dreaded task—like getting to know the beach regulars and installing a Little Free Library on the property. She even attempts conversation with Sam Ford, the frustratingly stubborn neighbor on the other side of the duplex. But things take an unexpected turn when Sadie finds inside her library an abandoned novel with a secret compartment—and a beautiful engage­ment ring tucked inside.

Suddenly, locating the ring’s owner becomes the perfect way to put off writing that romance. Sadie draws a reluctant Sam into her mission. And as the two close in on an answer to the mysterious proposal, she discovers a tender side to him. She begins to wonder if he just might make the perfect hero for her romance novel—or maybe even her heart.

📕 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎! 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚌𝚌𝚞𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍?

𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐂 | Review & Tour Stop

𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐂

𝐁𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐣𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐬

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟏𝟎.𝟏𝟗.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐

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I’ve always been fascinated with books surrounding the Vietnam War and the veterans that came home with physical and psychological trauma. So, I was excited to read 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐂.

Right from the start, my heart went out to Kelly Chase. He was a Prisoner of War for nearly three years. Upon his return to the States, he finds his fiancée didn’t wait for him and his family in Montana has moved on without him. I truly thought this story was solely about his rescue and the hard road of re-acclimation into society. But Kelly Chase is not the KC (or the only K.C.) that needs saving in this story. 

The author cleverly takes us on a journey that includes the horrors of war, family drama, and even the spiritualism of the Indigenous People.  Yet, overall, I would call this a love story between two people fighting their own demons but finding strength in each other. 

Thank you @suzyapprovedbooktours @dogooderbookgal and @grinnelldesjarlais for a spot on tour and a gifted ebook.

📘𝐁𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 – 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭?

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 | Review & Tour Stop

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐭

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟑.𝟕.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

Stories that deal with the reality of addiction can be pretty bleak, tragic even. Yet Susan Reinhardt writes with such heart, adding humor and authenticity, that the story soon envelops you – you need to know these characters are going to be okay.

Josie Nickels has just lost it on live TV. When reporting a piece on the drug crisis – she goes on a rant. It’s personal- Josie’s son Finley is an addict and is missing, again. 

After losing her job, she and her adorable little daughter, Dottie, move to a small community in the mountains of North Carolina. Josie takes a job at the cosmetic counter at a department store where her co-worker Pauline seems to have it out for her. Luckily, there is Ruby, an elderly yoga-loving, sage that babysits Dottie. She is like an angel sent to ground Josie. 

At the heart of this novel is a mother desperate to save her son from the demons of addiction. The author shows how addiction affects the entire family; how all-encompassing it becomes. But as not to become a heavy, dark read, the story has some hilarious family drama, and poor Josie has to deal with it all! It almost becomes like a soap opera – but with excellent writing. 

Thank you @suzyapprovedbooktours and @susangambrellreinhardt for a spot on tour and a gifted book.

💄 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐠?

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐧 | Review & Tour Stop

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐧

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐭

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐂𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟏.𝟏𝟏.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐

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𝗕𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗻.

📖 Fairies don’t exist. At least that’s what Thomas Cavanaugh’s parents say. But the events of that one night, when he follows a fairy into the cornfield on his parents’ farm, prove them wrong. What seems like a destructive explosion was, Thomas knows, an encounter with Dauðr, a force that threatens to destroy the fairy’s world and his sanity.

Years later, after a troubled childhood and a series of dead-end jobs, he is still haunted by what he saw that night. One day he crosses paths with a beautiful young woman and a troubled young man, soon realizing that he first met them as a kid while under psychiatric care after his encounters in the cornfield. Has fate brought them together? Are they meant to join forces to save the fairy’s world and their own? Or is one of them not who they claim to be?

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I had to put the book summary first because I had no idea how to describe this wild trip! I’ll be honest while listening to this; there were times I was like – what the heck is happening – fairies on a farm and a world-eating entity, a beautiful woman who may or may not be real – Tommy wasn’t the only one feeling like he was losing his mind! 

If you enjoy horror, blended together with fantasy and speculative fiction, then hold onto your hats and enjoy the ride.

Thank you @suzyapprovedbooktours and /

@thejasonoffutt for a spot on tour and a gifted audiobook. 

😱 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫, 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝?

𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 | Audiobook Review

𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 

𝐁𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐨

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐏𝐑𝐇 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟑.𝟏𝟒.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

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Thank you @PRHAudio for the complimentary audiobook.

I adored Ann Napolitano’s 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝, so I was not about to miss this one.

With March Madness basketball on our TV constantly, this audiobook fits in perfectly. Well, at least the start. William Waters lives for basketball; at least there he has a purpose. His home is haunted by the echoes of tragedy and loss, not love.

When he meets Julia in college, it feels as though he is not only falling in love but has found a family. Julia and her three sisters are very close; their house is active and filled with love. 

The storyline moves methodically, as William and Julia marry and have a child. All the sisters grow into adulthood. But the darkness of depression descends on William, having never truly dealt with his past. It breaks apart his marriage and changes the nature of his relationship with the sisters. Of course, this shapes how the sister relationships ebb and flow over the years; sometimes loss is the only thing that mends wounds. 

The beauty or eloquence of this book lies in the characters themselves and their relationships with one another. Napolitano is a master at making her characters inviting and relatable, but I warn you, they’ll break your heart.

👫𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬?

𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐖𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 | Review & Book Tour

𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐖𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐫

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟑.𝟏𝟒.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

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Ana and her brother, Oskar, are sent away with a Christian friend, and the last thing Ana sees is their tearful Jewish mother. Years later, a woman from the Jewish reclamation organization takes them to live in Isreal. Oskar is hurt because his foster family is the only home he remembers, but Ana wants to reconnect to her roots.

Young Roger was taken in by a monastery in France and raised Catholic. When the war ends, the Church takes him across the mountains and gives him to a family who takes him home to Jerusalem. He would go on to become a professor in Isreal.

Renata, a post-grad student in archeology, studying artifacts from the past in Israel, has been plagued with questions as to why her family fled Germany so quickly when she was little.

𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐖𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 is a beautiful and incredibly moving story of displaced Jewish children of WWII. Children were removed from their homes and families, for protection, but it did not soften the heartbreak. 

The story displays the complex nature of the trauma the children faced and how in the chaotic aftermath it only became more confusing for them as they grew into adulthood. 

Based on actual lives, it is written tenderly, and with care. We see how war and hatred can cause so much damage, rippling through the decades. Rosner expertly connects the characters and shows how the grown children are now conflicted and torn – about family, identity, and where they call home. 

Thank you @suzyapprovedbooktours @flatiron_books and @jennifer.amy.rosner for a spot on tour and a gifted book.

🌍 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗?  𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚞𝚔𝚎𝚎, 𝚆𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚗.

𝐀 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞’𝐬 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 | Review & Tour Stop

𝐀 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞’𝐬 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

𝐁𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐤𝐚 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟑.𝟐𝟏.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝘖𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬

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Thank you [partner] @booksparks and @harperviabooks for a spot on tour and a gifted book. 

I love the concept of this collection of stories! Each story is inspired and written “under the influence” of a song. 🎶

All are separate stories yet there are threads that tie them together: relationships, longings, pain, seeking love and forgiveness. The prose feels somewhat musical itself, although it may be a bit strange to some that many of the stories are written in the second person. But it works! It’s lovely, raw, and thought-provoking.

🎼 Here’s just a sample of the “Playlist”:

Hurt by Johnny Cash – A man plans his own funeral

Desperado by the Eagles – Can you stay friends after Divorce

Music by Erick Sermon & Marvin Gaye – The reuniting of a teen and his father

Beautiful War by Kings of Leon – Can a marriage be saved after betrayal 

I’d Die Without You by P.M. Dawn – the struggles of infertility

🎵𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰?