by jim newell | Jul 6, 2011 | 2 Bees
Author: Sarah Blake Novel set in 1940 during WWII. The story involves several interesting characters and the choices they make which then trigger events (or do not trigger events as the case may be). The two main characters are women–one a news reporter in...
by jim newell | Jul 6, 2011 | 4 Bees
Author: Kathryn Stockett Set in the South during the beginning of the civil rights movement, this book is about the feelings/lives of black maids as they work for their white families. The book is written by a white woman who was raised by her beloved black nanny....
by jim newell | Jul 6, 2011 | Not Bee Rated
Author: Ann Patchett Story set in South America about a group of international guests at a birthday party where a famous opera singer is performing. Terrorists crash the party and hold the guests hostage. Story details the relationships that develop between them. A...
by jim newell | Jul 6, 2011 | Not Bee Rated
Author: Jeffrey Zaslow Non-fictional account of 11 women from Ames, Iowa following their friendships over the span of 40 years. Generally well-liked; discussion of how unusual it was for these very different women to still be such close friends after so many years. We...
by jim newell | Jul 6, 2011 | Not Bee Rated
Author: Jeanette Walls The Glass Castle’ is a 2005 memoir by Jeannette Walls. The book recounts her and her siblings’ unconventional, poverty-stricken upbringing at the hands of their deeply dysfunctional parents. The memoir stayed on The New York Times...