This is a heartwarming story about reconnecting with your first love later in life. I don’t often read this genre, so it felt both sweet and refreshing. Eighty-year-old Augusta, a trained pharmacist, has finally been forced into retirement after years of lying about her age to avoid it. Adjusting to the culture shock of moving… Continue reading The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman
Genre: Fiction / Jewish
My Father’s House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy #1) by Joseph O’Connor
"My Father's House" by Joseph O'Connor offers a compelling glimpse into the life of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, a real-life hero of World War II who risked his life to save thousands of Jews and Allied soldiers in Nazi-occupied Rome. The novel is set against the backdrop of a city under siege, where every action is… Continue reading My Father’s House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy #1) by Joseph O’Connor
The Postcard by Anne Berest
The Postcard was a great historical fiction, mixed with an autobiographical type story. This one left me shaking my head! THAT ENDING!! I didn't know if I should laugh or cry! The main character received a mysterious postcard with only four names on one side of the postcard. They are: Ephraim, Emma, Noemie, and Jacques.… Continue reading The Postcard by Anne Berest