Showing posts with label southwest US. Show all posts
Showing posts with label southwest US. Show all posts

Friday, July 10, 2015

Sonoma Rose, (Elm Creek Quilts Novels (Dutton Hardcover)) by Jennifer Chiaverini



Read, reviewed, and released in September, 2014

I thought this would be a light "chick lit" romance, but it was deeper, encompassing many difficult themes: domestic violence, adultery, chronic illness, ethnic/cultural clashes. Rosa is forced to leave her abusive husband, and her rescuer is a former lover and father of two of her children. She regrets her former lapses and has vowed to remain true to her morals and the teaching of the church, but they still have feelings for each other. How will this be resolved, and what will her husband do if he finds them?

It is part of the author's "Elm Creek Quilts" series, but stands alone very well (I haven't read any of the others).

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Animal Dreams, by Barbara Kingsolver



Read and reviewed in January, 2010. Released later.

An excellent book - very well written! I really got involved with the characters, especially Codi, the central figure. I really got caught up in her life, what she was going to do, what she was learning about her past. I also learned things about Southwestern US culture that I didn't know.