After the Dam is a novel by Amy Hassinger about a woman named Rachel, who—shortly after having her first child—leaves abruptly to visit her ailing grandmother in her childhood home. There, she finds her grandmother in a diminishing mental state, and finds that she can’t bring herself to trust her caretaker, Diane, a longtime friend …
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Book Review | The Prince and the Dressmaker
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang tells the story of Sebastian, prince of Belgium, who travels to Paris for a summer with his parents. There, he hears of a rather scandalous but fabulous dress a lady wore to a dance, and he decides to seek out the person who made it—because Sebastian secretly …
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Book Review | Rebecca
Sometimes I look at lists of “classic” literature, and it’s remarkable how few I’ve read. I was an English major, but college classes don’t read as many novels as they do plays, short stories, and poetry—at least in my experience. However, I read Rebecca a few years ago for my Women in Literature class, and …
Book Review | The Scarlet Pimpernel
I hardly remember my views of The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy the first time I read it in high school, but this time I greatly enjoyed it. Gotta love a historical fiction with romance, adventure, and a mysterious figure in disguise. The characters are excellent. Marguerite is a good protagonist, clever and brave, if a …
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