The Gown by Jennifer Robson is a fictional story about the women making Princess Elizabeth's (now QEII) wedding gown post-WWII. This has been in my queue for months, but it was rather timely when Princess Beatrice used one of her grandmother's Norman Hartnell dresses for her own wedding gown. I love girl power stories and this was sweet with a little bit of dastardly thrown in.
Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher. I don't recall where I got this recommendation, but I will be seeking out more Pilcher books in the future. This started out slowly meandering and I was about to get annoyed when I felt myself sucked in by the delightful characters. Elfreida is an older single woman befriended by Gloria and Oscar after moving to the countryside. Elfreida's niece, Carrie has just returned to England following the bitter end of a love affair. She is Elfreida's niece or cousin. Lucy is Carrie's teenage niece who is positively devoid of angst if not for her own selfish mother. Sam is trying to put the pieces of his life together following a failed marriage. Fate brings them together in a grown-up Hallmark story that I'd love to see play out on screen.
Queue:
Queue:
- How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
- Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
