Book review

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STOLEN - LESLEY PEARSE

About Stolen:
Set in Brighton and the surrounding area, Stolen is a powerful and gritty novel that will not fail to enthrall Lesley fans both old and new.

Sussex, 2003: When a beautiful blonde woman is found half-drowned on a beach, the article about her in the local newspaper rings alarm bells for beautician, Dale, who shows the police photographs of Lotte Wainright. The girls met working on a cruise ship and their friendship blossomed as they sailed the seas of South America but since leaving the ship, Dale had lost contact with her friend – until now.

With no memory before being washed ashore, Lotte must piece together her past and with it the beginning of a dangerous tidal wave of secrets, lies and nightmares. Where has she been? Why did someone want to kill her and what has become of the baby she discovers she has recently given birth to? As Dale helps Lotte face the horrors of her past, their friendship deepens as they are forced to face one last evil together.


Have you read this book or any others by this author? Or after reading this do you think you would like to read it? Let us know your thoughts

[mayski 0]

hmm..I haven't heard of the author nor the title but after reading the summary, it does peak my interest! Especially the title 'Stolen'...what does it refer to? Her lost memories..her lost baby...I'm going to see if my local library has that book. THANKS for preview. I excited!

[smorkle 0]

The Color of Water - A Black Man's Tribute to his White Mother
by James McBride

A Memoir
As a boy in Brooklyn's Red Hook projects, James McBride knew his mother was different. But when he asked about it, she'd simply say, "I'm light-skinned." Later he wondered if he was different too and asked his mother if he was black or white. "You're a human being," she snapped. "Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!" And when James asked what color God was, she said, "God is the color of water"...As an adult, McBride finally persuaded his mother to tell her story - the story of a rabbi's daughter, born in Poland and raised in the South, who fled to Harlem, married a black man, founded a Baptist church, and put twelve children through college. The Color of Water is James McBride's tribute to his remarkable, eccentric, determined mother - and an eloquent exploration of what family really means.

Ruth McBride Jordan April 1, 1921 - January 9, 2010

This is one of my favorite books. It rips out your heart. It will make you cry. It will make you see the world.

[Tiddly Winks 0]

Since I haven't written a book review since I was a kid, I copied this from Wikipedia.



Summer of My German Soldier By: Bette Greene

The story focuses on Patty and an escaped German POW called Anton. Patty is unhappy about her life in the beginning of the story because of her ill-tempered father and her mother's taunting and verbal abuse. This leaves Patty believing she's a person of no importance and craving her parents' love. After German POWs visit her father's department store and she befriends one of them, Anton, who can speak English, Anton teaches her that she is a person of value. In return, she protects him by keeping him in the hidden rooms above her father's garage, without her family's knowledge. While they are together, Anton recounts his life before the war, including his family and hometown in Göttingen. Anton leaves Patty, and embarks on a journey back to his home in Germany.

While I loved this book, and it somehow reflected my interest in German culture (my husband is German), the ending of the story was a letdown to the overall premise and idea of it. The sequel did absolutely nothing for me, and so instead of pondering the 'why's' and 'why not's' of the author's premise, I wrote an alternate universe story about these characters more than a decade later. Alternate Universe is basically a story that does not coincide with the original plot.

Regardless of my not so positive feelings about the original book, it still remains one of my very favorite novels. Ironically, it was written in first person and is the only novel I have ever read that I actually liked with the use of 'I' and 'me' in the writing.

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smorkle wrote:

The Color of Water - A Black Man's Tribute to his White Mother
by James McBride

Ruth McBride Jordan April 1, 1921 - January 9, 2010

This is one of my favorite books. It rips out your heart. It will make you cry. It will make you see the world.

Smorkle = this sounds like my kinda reading. I'm gonna get this! Thanks for the review

[DawnyDawn 0]

smorkle wrote:

The Color of Water - A Black Man's Tribute to his White Mother
by James McBride

A Memoir
As a boy in Brooklyn's Red Hook projects, James McBride knew his mother was different. But when he asked about it, she'd simply say, "I'm light-skinned." Later he wondered if he was different too and asked his mother if he was black or white. "You're a human being," she snapped. "Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!" And when James asked what color God was, she said, "God is the color of water"...As an adult, McBride finally persuaded his mother to tell her story - the story of a rabbi's daughter, born in Poland and raised in the South, who fled to Harlem, married a black man, founded a Baptist church, and put twelve children through college. The Color of Water is James McBride's tribute to his remarkable, eccentric, determined mother - and an eloquent exploration of what family really means.

Ruth McBride Jordan April 1, 1921 - January 9, 2010

This is one of my favorite books. It rips out your heart. It will make you cry. It will make you see the world.

I'm rushing right over to Amazon, this has really tickled my fancy, thanks Smorkle for the recommendation