Jencey's Corner

The Last Camellia by Sarah Jio is a featured Read For Pink book this year.   I am becoming a fan of Sarah’s writing and I hope you will too! Synopsis: The narrators of this story are Addison and Flora.   Let me tell you about Flora’s story first.   Her story begins in the 1940s.   She comes from modest means where her parents own a bakery in New York City.   One day a customer offers Flora a very special job.   All she has to do is go to England and become a nanny to the children at the Livingston Manor.   Flora must also identify the camellia there named Middlebury Pink.    So Flora arrives and begins her search.   What will Flora find?   Will it be the Middlebury Pink or something much more precious? Addison is married to Rex her husband.     Her story takes place in the present. She also has a secret from her past.   One that could possibly destroy the happiness that she has carefully fought for.    Rex’ parents now own the Livingston Manor house.   The happy

How It All Began by Penelope is a thought provoking fictional account of how the lives of multiple people can be impacted by a random accident. It reminds me of widening ripples after a pebble has been thrown in a pond. Charlotte Rainsford is walking down a street in London, when she is mugged by a teenager. She falls and breaks her hip, and her life is understandably altered due to her injury.   She cannot live alone while her hip is mending and mobility is severely limited. The reader also finds that the mugging incident triggers actions that lead to a marriage on the brink of divorce, the possible bankruptcy of an interior decorator’s business, the less than stellar performance at a lecture of a well-known historian, and how an immigrant's attempt to improve his life in the UK impacts the course of a twenty year marriage. My Thoughts "How It All Began" is the perfect book to read while curled up in your favorite chair with an afghan and

The Happy Birthday Mailbox!  I hope everyone has enjoyed the weekend and the possible holiday tomorrow.   We are staying busy at Writer's Corner here are the new arrivals: Tempt me Cowboy by Megan Crane My Big Greek Family by Maria Constantine These books are on our Virtual Night Stand: Next To You is being read by Celeste