The Light of Paris, by Eleanor Brown. A new novel from the author of critically- and reader-acclaimed The Weird Sisters. Madeleine is trapped—by her family's expectations, by her controlling
husband, and by her own fears—in an unhappy marriage and a life she
never wanted. From the outside, it looks like she has everything, but on
the inside, she fears she has nothing that matters. In
Madeleine’s memories, her grandmother Margie is the kind of woman she
should have been—elegant, reserved, perfect. But when Madeleine finds a
diary detailing Margie’s bold, romantic trip to Jazz Age Paris, she
meets the grandmother she never knew: a dreamer who defied her strict,
staid family and spent an exhilarating summer writing in cafés, living
on her own, and falling for a charismatic artist. Margie and Madeleine’s stories intertwine to explore the joys and risks
of living life on our own terms, of defying the rules that hold us back
from our dreams, and of becoming the people we are meant to be. I'm recommending this to fans of authors like Kate Morton and JoJo Moyes.
The House at the Edge of Night, by Catherine Banner. Likened to favorites like Isabel Allende, Jess Walter, and Sara Gruen, Banner's debut adult novel is a sweeping saga, for while it's set on the remote isle of Castellamare, it spans four generations of the Esposito family who run the local cafe, called The House at the Edge of Night. What unfolds is a hundred years of stories of the Esposito family and other islanders, including: a cruel count and his bewitching wife, a priest who loves scandal, a
prisoner of war turned poet, an outcast girl who becomes a pillar of
strength, a wounded English soldier who emerges from the sea. The people
of Castellamare are transformed by two world wars and a great
recession, by the threat of fascism and their deep bonds of passion and
friendship, and by bitter rivalries and the power of forgiveness. This will be one to be savored.
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