Summer in Tuscany by Elizabeth Adler

August 4, 2010

Plot summary (with spoilers): Gemma Jericho is a 38-year-old New York emergency room trauma specialist who has sworn off love after being hurt by her last relationship. Gemma recalls her amazing times with hunky Texan Cash Drummond in bits and pieces, leaving readers to wonder what happened to bring the affair to an end. Instead [...]

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The Heights by Peter Hedges

August 3, 2010

Plot summary (with spoilers): Tim and Kate Welch have been married for nine years, and have slipped into that comfortable routine (rut?) that so many young, haggard parents of two preschool-aged children find themselves in. They live in a tiny apartment in a nice neighborhood in Brooklyn, never have enough money for anything, don’t have [...]

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Other People’s Words by Victoria Purcell-Gates

August 2, 2010

Summary: Other People’s Words: The Cycle of Low Literacy presents the reader with a case study conducted by author Victoria Purcell-Gates. Purcell-Gates met a woman named Jenny, who was functionally illiterate but desperately wanted to learn how to read so she could help her sons break the cycle of illiteracy. Her oldest son Donny had [...]

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