An apartment sitting job in one of the most famous and beautiful buildings in New York City, with a beautiful view of Central Park. Bonus: it pays $4,000 per month. This sounds awesome, right? But wait, what’s the catch? After losing her job and being tired of the couch at her best friend’s apartment, Jules […]
Book Reviews
Book Review: Friends and Strangers by J Courtney Sullivan
Imagine uprooting your life as you know it; moving from the big city to a small college town. Well, small compared to city standards anyway. You’re closer to your husband’s family, which is great since you just had your first child. You’re working on writing your third book, your husband is working towards his dreams, […]
Book Review: In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
You’re sitting with your fiancรจ, newly engaged. You fall asleep on the couch, and dream it’s five years from now and you’re living with an entirely different man. Surely it was just a dream, but it felt all too real. Dannie Cohan has the seemingly perfect life; a great job, beautiful apartment, and a wonderful […]
Book Review: The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
What if Jesus had a wife? What would she be like? The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd tells the fictional story of Jesus’ life during the time there was little to no record of him. In this version, Jesus has a wife. Ana becomes Jesus’ wife after a series of events lead to […]
Book Review: The Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy
Harriet takes off from the home in which she doesn’t feel she quite fits to find more of her family history, based solely on a photograph left behind by her mother. The history is that of her grandmother, who lived through WWII in Paris. Will she find what she’s hoping to find, or will she […]
Book Review: Happy & You Know It by Laura Hankin
When a group of new moms get together for a weekly playdate, it’s all fun and games. Or is it? Could things really be as perfect as they seem for these wealthy, stay-at-home moms adjusting to new motherhood? Happy & You Know It by Laura Hankin follows a group of women navigating new motherhood together […]
