Set in a resort town called Baxter's Beach in Barbados, this book centers largely on a girl called Lala, who is pregnant and in an abusive relationship. When her labour starts, she goes looking for help, and ends up knocking on the door of a wealthy home where her husband, co-incidentally, is robbing the owners. …
Continue reading How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones
All Winter, I kept waiting for snow. I felt like we hadn't really had Winter and I wasn't ready for it to be Spring yet, because no snow. All the suburbs around me had had snow, bit at my place, snow drops and daffodils were blooming! We had rain and lovely cozy Wintry days, but …
Red Island House is loosely short stories or anecdotes about people who live on an island in Madagascar, with the perspective of Shay, a black American woman, as the observer. The through line of the stories is that Shay's wealthy Italian husband has built a gargantuan house there, and the stories take place on our …
Recently when I was thrifting, I picked up an old school View-Master for $5cad. I had one when I was a kid, and just thought it would be nice to have it on a shelf. But when I posted about it on Instagram and talked to friends, they all were so unthused and nostalgic, I …
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Lee is reluctant to head off to college at Smith and on arriving immediately feels like an outsider as though everyone hates her. After being date raped by another student called Tripp, she finds no one believes her and she can get no help. That is until she is accepted into a class on Gender, …
Every year in November, I get excited about the Better Homes & Gardens Holiday Crafts magazine coming out. This was the third year that I bought it, and while it's kind of Christmas themed on the cover, it also has Halloween crafts for about the first quarter of it. The thing is, for some projects, …
When Amb hits college, still stinging from her high school boyfriends betrayal, she longs to fit in and be popular. She feels immediately drawn to another girl, Sully, who she feels has the confidence, power and popularity that she craves. She starts to go along with whatever Sully suggests, hoping to impress and win her …
Continue reading The Girls Are So Nice Here by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
An American couple are on vacation with their teenage children in Barcelona when their daughter fails to return home one night. Her kidnapping sparks her parents memories of their marriage and leads to revelations of the cracks at the heart of their union and maybe even the reason their child was taken. It's a bit …
Just a quick one for you this week, my friends. This week has kept me busy with writing and some other projects, and because of that, I didn't take any outfit pics or try out any new products that I wanted to share with you. I do have a fun idea for my next post …
After Emily's suicide, her childhood friends meet again at her funeral for the first time in 15 years, and it brings up a lot of unresolved trauma. They were the only survivor's of a mysterious death cult that was based at Read Peak. What really happened there that day? And should they go back and …
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