2015, Book review

Recipes for Melissa by Teresa Driscoll

Description :  Is it ever too late for the gift of goodbye?Melissa Dance was eight years old when her mother died. They never got to say goodbye. Seventeen years later, Melissa is handed a journal. As she smooths open the pages and begins to read her mother’s words, she is instantly transported back to her… Continue reading Recipes for Melissa by Teresa Driscoll

2015, Book review

The Summer of Secrets by Sarah Jasmon

Description : One day she was there . . . and the next day, the day after the fire, she was gone.In the summer of 1983, when Helen is sixteen, Victoria Dover and her eccentric family move in next door, at once making her lonely world a more thrilling place. But the summer ends with… Continue reading The Summer of Secrets by Sarah Jasmon

2015, Book review

The Secret Daughter by Kelly Rimmer. A beautiful novel of adoption, heartbreak and a mother’s love.

Description : As I saw my new-born baby’s face for the first time I tried desperately to capture her face in my mind—to stamp it onto my eyelids. As she was taken from me I knew I might never see my daughter again. 37 years later… ‘You were adopted’. Three short words and Sabina’s life… Continue reading The Secret Daughter by Kelly Rimmer. A beautiful novel of adoption, heartbreak and a mother’s love.