Tag Archives: fiction
Dear Zoe
I recently finished reading Dear Zoe, a 2004 young adult novel by Philip Beard. The story is told through letters from fifteen-year-old Tess DeNunzio to her three-year-old sister, Zoe, who died in a hit-and-run accident on September 11, 2001. This … Continue reading
The Garden of Last Days
I recently finished “The Garden of Last Days” (2008) by Andre Dubus III and wanted to share my thoughts. Although it is a follow-up to “House of Sand and Fog,” (I never read it) I found that this 535-page novel … Continue reading
Free Burning
Free Burning, author Bayo Ojikutu, (2006, 383 pages) If this were a hardcover book, I would have sworn someone mixed up the dust jacket. The synopsis on the jacket made me intrigued. It reads: “Tommie Simms was supposed to be the community … Continue reading
It Ends with Us
It Ends with Us (2016, 427 pages) by Colleen Hoover. “He wouldn’t allow you to take him back. He would make the decision to leave himself so that he knows for a fact he can never hurt you again. That’s … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 