Review: The Rockin' Chair By Steven Manchester

Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Story Plant, The
Release Date: June 18, 2013
ISBN-10: 161188067X
Genre: Contemporary Fiction

Description:
Memories are the ultimate contradiction. They can warm us on our coldest days or they can freeze a loved one out of our lives forever. The McCarthy family has a trove of warm memories. Of innocent first kisses. Of sumptuous family meals. Of wondrous lessons learned at the foot of a rocking chair. But they also have had their share of icy ones. Of words that can never be unsaid. Of choices that can never be unmade. Of actions that can never be undone.

Review: A Tale For The Time Being By Ruth Ozeki

Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: Viking Adult; First Edition edition
Release Date: March 12, 2013
ISBN-10: 0670026638
Genre: Contemporary Fiction

About The Book:
 “A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be.”

In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there’s only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates’ bullying. But before she ends it all, Nao first plans to document the life of her great grandmother, a Buddhist nun who’s lived more than a century. A diary is Nao’s only solace—and will touch lives in ways she can scarcely imagine.

Review: From The Kitchen Of Half Truths By Maria Goodin

Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Release Date: April 1, 2013
ISBN-10: 1402279485
Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Women's Fiction