This book was recommended by a friend and I immediately downloaded the audio version for an upcoming drive. The reflective nature of the story matched the reflective state of my life at the moment. Looking back on accomplishments, dreams lost along the way, and what lies ahead in the remaining years. The main character is a trailblazing woman with an iron will. Even as an elderly lady walking the streets of New York and facing down thugs, she shows resolve and tenacity.
A love letter to city life in all its guts and grandeur, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney paints a portrait of a remarkable woman across the canvas of a changing America: from the Jazz Age to the onset of the AIDS epidemic; the Great Depression to the birth of hip-hop.
“In my reckless and undiscouraged youth,” Lillian Boxfish writes, “I worked in a walnut-paneled office thirteen floors above West Thirty-Fifth Street…”
She took 1930s New York by storm, working her way up writing copy for R.H. Macy’s to become the highest paid…
I've tried to read Alexander McCall Smith before and not enjoyed his style. I found this as a library sale and I love Italy so I decided to give it a try. I laughed out loud and fell in love with the main character. This book will make you want to visit small town Italy and have your own adventure.
'While My Italian Bulldozer certainly advocates a kind, considerate, some might even say old-fashioned approach to resolving affairs of the heart, it also succeeds in subtly, almost imperceptibly ripping up the traditional rules of the romantic comedy and creating something refreshingly original' Scotsman
When writer Paul Stewart heads to the idyllic Italian town of Montalcino to finish his already late book, it seems like the perfect escape from stressful city life. Upon landing, however, things quickly take a turn for the worse when he discovers his hired car is nowhere to be found. With no record of any reservation and…
This is non-fiction rather than a novel, but it's a powerful story about overcoming adversity and holding on to faith through the darkness. I've had this on my bookshelf for several years but it never seemed like the right time to read it. I'm glad I finally picked it up as it helped change the way I see adversity.
Is it possible that good things can come out of our broken dreams?
Worship leader and recording artist Laura Story's life took an unexpected turn when her husband, Martin, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Their lives would never be the same.
Yes, with God all things are possible. But the devastating news was that no cure existed to restore Martin's short-term memory, eyesight, and other complications. The fairy-tale life Laura had dreamed of was no longer possible. And yet in struggling with God about how to live with broken dreams, Laura has found joy and a deeper intimacy with…
Thanks to the love and support of friends and a renewed commitment to her faith Elizabeth Reynolds has moved past the hurt and anger of her parents death.
Her job as concierge at Hotel Lago, a boutique hotel in downtown Orlando is challenging and fills her need to be successful but one thing is missing. She loves the historic homes in the downtown area but fears she will never be able to afford one.
When a once in a lifetime opportunity to renovate a broken down home comes along she snaps it up. Sparks and clashes with her handsome, but deeply troubled contractor, Jeffrey Robbins threaten to slow the renovation but they fade as Orlando becomes the target of three summer storms, hurricanes Charlie, Frances and Jeanne.
In the aftermath of the storms what be the fate of Lizzie’s home and heart?
