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I have just finished reading the very first novel by Susanna Daniel entitled Stiltsville. It is a great read and I had a hard time putting it down! This book was selected as one of Oprah's 2011 Summer Reading List books! This book was written so beautifully about a marriage and it's heartbreaking end. I usually gravitate towards romance novels, but I'm not sure you could call this one a romance novel. Daniel's writing is so descriptive that you really feel a connection to her characters! This was a great book and one that I will be thinking about for a long time!
One sunny morning in 1969, Frances Ellerby finds herself in a place called Stiltsville, a community of houses built on pilings in the middle of Biscayne Bay. It's the first time the Atlanta native has been out on the open water, and she's captivated. On the dock of a stilt house, with the dazzling Miami skyline in the distance, she meets the house's owner, Dennis DuVal—and a new future reveals itself.
Turning away from her quiet, predictable life back home, Frances moves to Miami to be with Dennis. Over time, she earns the confidence of his wild-at-heart sister and the approval of his oldest friend. Frances and Dennis marry and have a child—but rather than growing complacent about their good fortune, they continue to face the challenges of intimacy in the complicated city they call home.
With Stiltsville, Susanna Daniel weaves the beauty, violence, and humanity of Miami's coming-of-age with an enduring story of a marriage's beginning, maturity, and heartbreaking demise.
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I have just finished reading a terrific book entitled "Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter" by Tom Franklin. This book was so good that I couldn't put it down! I love crime novels, especially those that keep you guessing until the end! This book is a New York Times Bestseller and I can certainly see why! The author really pulled me in! The characters were so well written that I felt a connection to them. "Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter" is a book about racism, family secrets, shame, fear and friendship. I loved this book so much that I plan on reading more titles by Tom Franklin, which include Hell at the Breech, Smonk and Poachers.Congratulations to the following winners:
I have just finished a wonderful book by Simon Van Booy entitled Everything Beautiful Began After! This book really drew me in! You should definitely add it to your summer reading list! I love the writing style of Simon Van Booy! He writes so poetically! This book has three main characters: Rebecca, George and Henry. The book is told from all three of their points of view, which adds a lot to the story. I would love to read more from this talented author!
Rebecca is young, lost, and beautiful. A gifted artist, she seeks solace and inspiration in the Mediterranean heat of Athens—trying to understand who she is and how she can love without fear.
George has come to Athens to learn ancient languages after growing up in New England boarding schools and Ivy League colleges. He has no close relationships with anyone and spends his days hunched over books or wandering the city in a drunken stupor.
Henry is in Athens to dig. An accomplished young archaeologist, he devotedly uncovers the city’s past as a way to escape his own, which holds a secret that not even his doting parents can talk about.
...And then, with a series of chance meetings, Rebecca, George, and Henry are suddenly in flight, their lives brighter and clearer than ever, as they fall headlong into a summer that will forever define them in the decades to come.
