Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Karen Frank

Have you ever had a novel send you reeling back to memories of your youth in the first paragraph? We are first introduced to Alice as she contemplates the preparations for her 10th birthday party from the windowsill of her room. In this beautiful story, set in Vermont, the author gets right into the head of Alice and unfolds all the sights, smells and emotions of a young girl's formative summer including findi... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Karen Frank

Imagine Rosamund Pilcher and P.G. Wodehouse having a good old chin wag, and you have an idea of the wit, soul and charm of this novel. Set in the pastoral Channel Island at the end of WWII, the authors tell a tender and sometimes tragic tale involving a London author and her blossoming relationship with the residents of formerly German occupied Guernsey. This book will help to blow some 21st century angst out ... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Bruce Anderson

Sally Gunning draws her readers into the brawling streets of colonial Boston and across the pristine heaths of Cape Cod, poles in the anxious, often brutal life of Alice Cole, indentured servant whose existence is little better than that of a slave outright. Good historical fiction requires the palpable imagining of a bygone world, and the peopling it with compelling characters; Gunning will abundantly sati... read more>>>