Month: August 2014

Open to Love….”Love Letter’s”, by Debbie Macomber

Love LettersLove Letters: A Rose Harbor Novel written by Debbie Macomber, is a celebration of the power of love. Rose Harbor Inn proprietor, Jo Marie Rose, finds herself in the busy summer season and also finds herself thinking more and more about the Inn handyman, Mark Taylor. This intriguing plot is only one of the many romantic stories going on this summer in Cedar Cove.

Before the end of summer, someone will show their heart’s desire. The novel shows the reader the courage it takes to be completely open to love.

Debbie Macomber has had nine of her novels make #1 on the New York Times best seller list. She has also had the very popular Hallmark Channel’s top watched movies of 2009 and 2010 in Mrs. Miracle and Call Me Mrs. Miracle. In 2013 Hallmark Channel produced the original series based on her novels: Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove.

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The Journey Through Continents and Centuries…”The Sisterhood”, by Helen Bryan

The Sisterhood jacket coverThe Sisterhood is the second novel by author Helen Bryan. She ingeniously intertwined two stories in one novel. The main character Menina Walker was born into a wealthy family in South America, but after the devastation of a hurricane when she was a toddler, she was adopted by an American family and taken to a new life. Her only possession was a swallow medal she took with her.

As the novel follows her path of growth, she became a beautiful and intelligent nineteen year old that had everything and was excited about her future. Then another traumatic event crushed her dreams. After even more trauma, her path crosses with that of historical drama involving five orphan girls. From the Spanish Inquisition to the New World, Menina’s medal seems to link it all together. It is a love story and a historic thriller that takes the reader across continents and centuries.

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What is a Traditional family?…”A Home at the End of the World”, by Michael Cunningham

A Home at the End of the WorldPulitzer prize-winning, American author Michael Cunningham wrote “A Home at The End of the World”. The book is written with narrating by different characters for each chapter. The story is a very complicated one, with themes of living in a drug using, dysfunctional family where a central character, Bobby, loses everyone who is close to him. Their demise came through excess partying and drug use in the 1960s and 1970’s in suburban Cleveland, Ohio.

Bobby becomes friends with Jonathan, whose family took him in after Bobby’s family all died. They are physically attracted to each other, but through various reasons, they eventually part ways. In 1980s New York, they meet up again when they are in their 20s. By then, Jonathan has a roommate Clare who is eccentric to say the least. The three of them become an unusual family, causing them to question the definition of traditional family and love. A question made even more complicated by their love triangle.

Director, Michael Mayer adapted Cunningham’s novel and screenplay into a movie by the same name. The main three characters are played by: Bobby, Colin Farrell; Jonathan, Dallas Roberts; Clare, Robin Wright.

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