The Book: Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll September 19, 2023 by S&S/ Marysue Rucci BooksDate read: May 23, 2023 The Characters: PamelaRuth Buy it…
Tag: women's fiction
May Cobb | My Summer Darlings
The Plot (from Goodreads): A woman in the forest thinks she’s going to die. I know he’s coming back for me. Jen Hansen, Kittie Spears,…
Carola Lovering | Can’t Look Away
The Plot (from Goodreads): In 2013, twenty-three-year old Molly Diamond is a barista, dreaming of becoming a writer. One night at a concert in East…
Katy Birchall | The Wedding Season
The Plot (from Goodreads): Freya Scott is getting married. Her wedding to Matthew, her long-term boyfriend, is the first of eight in her calendar this…
Amy Lea | Set On You
The Influencers Series Set On YouExes and O’sThe Catch The Plot (from Goodreads): Curvy fitness influencer Crystal Chen built her career shattering gym stereotypes and…
Jessica Strawser | The Next Thing You Know
The Plot (from Goodreads): As an end-of-life doula, Nova Huston’s job—her calling, her purpose, her life—is to help terminally ill people make peace with their…
Rebecca Serle | One Italian Summer
The Plot (from Goodreads): When Katy’s mother dies, she is left reeling. Carol wasn’t just Katy’s mom, but her best friend and first phone call….
Lisa Roe | Welcome to the Neighborhood
The Plot (from Goodreads): After years of struggling to make ends meet, Queens single mom Ginny falls for sweet, divorced Jeff, and relishes the idea…
Kimmery Martin | The Queen of Hearts
The Plot (from Goodreads): Zadie Anson and Emma Colley have been best friends since their early twenties, when they first began navigating serious romantic relationships…
Josie Lloyd | The Bright Side Running Club
The Plot (from Goodreads): When Keira first receives her breast cancer diagnosis, she never expects to end up joining a running group with three women…
Shirley Jump | The Marvelous Monroe Girls
The Plot (from Goodreads): Gabriella Monroe is doing her best to pretend that everything is fine, but her life is a mess. Sales are down…
Alexa Martin | Mom Jeans and Other Mistakes
The Plot (from Goodreads): Jude Andrews is famous. Well, at least on Instagram. Her brand is clean eating, good vibes, Pilates, and casually looking like…
Jeneva Rose | The Girl I Was
The Plot (from Goodreads): Sometimes you have to go back before you can go forward. Alexis Spencer thinks she has it all figured out. Even…
Kelly McClorey | Nobody Somebody Anybody
The Plot (from Goodreads): Amy Hanley has a job as a maid for the summer, but on August 25, she will take the exam to…
Jennifer Weiner | That Summer
The Plot (from Goodreads): Daisy Shoemaker can’t sleep. With a thriving cooking business, full schedule of volunteer work, and a beautiful home in the Philadelphia…
Lisa Jewell | The Making of Us
The Plot (from Goodreads): Lydia, Dean, and Robyn don’t know one another. Yet. Each is facing difficult challenges. Lydia is still wearing the scars from…
Jessica Strawser | A Million Reasons Why
The Plot (from Goodreads): When two strangers are linked by a mail-in DNA test, it’s an answered prayer―that is, for one half-sister. For the other,…
Robin Wasserman | Mother Daughter Widow Wife
The Book: Mother Daughter Widow Wife, by Robin Wasserman, 2020 The Characters: In the past: Wendy Doe, the amnesiac and Lizzie, the research scientist studying…
Lisa Jewell | The House We Grew Up In
The Book: The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell, 2014 The Characters: The Bird family: parents Lorelei and Colin; children Meg (husband Bill),…
Beth O’Leary | The Switch
The Plot: From the publisher: When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes…