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US Author: David Nicholls   Douglas Petersen, the narrator of Us, allows that he adores his wife, Connie.  He simply cannot help it.  Douglas is circumspect and brainy, laid back and not so with it, while Connie is stylish, beautiful, and chic and a wonderful mother.  Albie, their son, now seventeen and sneer driven, goes off to college next year.  In celebration, Connie has planned a month long trip to Europe for the family send off. So Douglas falls off his chair when Connie ... continue reading...

Pretty Is Author: Maggie Mitchell “Mitchell is on her way to a place at the femmes fatales fiction dais with Megan Abbott,…” Library Journal In the same tradition as Megan Abbott (Dare Me) and the earlier Kate Atkinson novels, Mitchell writes about two young lost girls.  With Ms. Mitchell, however, there is a difference.  Mitchell’s lost girls face their demons and find themselves in her debut novel, Pretty Is, while Abbott and Atkinson rely more on psychological tension to keep their ... continue reading...

When Kids Call the Shots Author: Sean Grover How to Seize Control from Your Darling Bully and Enjoy Being a Parent Again! LOVED LOVED LOVED IT!  One of the issues I have been working on as a Baby Boomer is my lack of boundaries.  Yes, I am one of the wussy parents, the lady who apologizes when your car smashes into mine, the Avoider of the Dreaded NO WORD.  And guess what!  It doesn’t work for me.  Doormat is NOT MY NAME!  And yup, my grown kids wipe up the floor with me.  SO I NEEDED – ... continue reading...