Books I Finished in One Gulp
Two Moods/Two Friends/ Two Phenom Early September Books
On September 3, THE WHISPER SISTER releases— a historical novel I was lucky enough to be asked to blurb. Jennifer S. Brown's book brought these truly meant words from me: “I loved every word of this captivating page-turner! The Whisper Sister kept me awake well past bedtime, melding and bringing alive Prohibition, gangster kings, and speakeasies with the riveting story of Minnie Soffer, a young immigrant facing peril in New York who lands behind the bar of the speakeasy, trying to save her family. Minnie grabbed my heart and never let go." Jenny's book has a heart with heart-stopping drama and a look at a time and place that is beyond fascinating--it's a book I wanted to re-read the moment I finished.
On the same day, Marianne Leone releases FIVE-DOG EPIPHANY, described as "a moving and sometimes surprisingly funny exploration of grief and the mutual healing that can occur between rescue dogs and people who experience soul-crushing loss. Leone and her husband, actor Chris Cooper, lost their only child suddenly in 2005. Jesse was seventeen, a straight-A student, and a brilliant poet, who was also quadriplegic and nonverbal."
The moment I finished Marianne's memoir, I grabbed my computer and emailed, "I just finished and am filled with wonderglow.(note to readers—I think I made this word up, but nothing else worked.) The right words will come to me when I can once again breathe properly, but for now, you have captured the furnace of grief, the tundra of devastating loss, the world of brokenheartedness, and the miracles of small sightings of hope. Visions of Jesse, your Jesse, your and Chris' love of Jesse, imbue every page in the most cellular way."