Check out these book reviews from Deena. Deena was a member of the Library’s Patron Service Team who recently retired. She has generously continued to share book reviews with us. Thank you, Deena!
Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen (DB78299)
Kate and her daughter, Devin take a road trip to Lost Lake, Georgia, where Kate spent the most memorable summer of her life. Kate needs to escape from her life since her husband passed away. Kate’s great aunt, Eby runs the place, but is thinking of selling the lake and the cabins. Kate’s mother and Eby had falling out the last summer Kate visited when she was twelve. She has not been back since. Kate runs in the boy she spent time with her twelfth summer. He runs a pizza place. Devin has an active imagination and claims there is an alligator in the lake. This book is full of magical realism and quirky characters. If you want a magical ride this book is a good one.
Camino Ghosts by John Grisham (DB121568)
Lovely Jackson was descended from a slave family and lived on a Florida island until the age of fifteen. As her ancestors are buried there, and she was the last to leave the island, she claims it as her own. Forward to present day and Lovely is elderly and a big corporation wants to build a casino on the island. Lovely goes to court to fight their plan. Is the fact that her ancestors were buried on island for many years enough to stop the building of the casino?
The Christmas Hope by Donna VanLiere (DB62354)
Patricia is a social worker. A few days before Christmas she is called to pick up Emily, whose mother was killed in a car accident. Against regulations, she takes Emily home with her when she can’t find foster parents to take her. Patricia and her husband, Mark have become estranged ever since their son died four years before. Both Mark and Patricia fall in love with Emily. and it brings them closer together. How can they give Emily up when the time comes? They struggle to find a way to make their lives loving and complete again. This is the third book in the series. It can be read as a stand-alone. The first book is The Christmas Shoes (DB58657, LT7926, BRD22066)
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