'homecoming' by bernhard schlink

a young boy finds part of a story at his grandparents' house. a story about a man during the second world war. he is so intrigued by the story, that part of his live evolves about getting to know the author. and in the same time he gets to know who his father, whom he has never met, is.

good story. the end is not what you expect.

'the widow's season' by laura brodie

during a kajak trip a man gets lost in a flood. his body not found there is anyway a funeral. after this the wife sees her husband a couple of times. she goes back to their cabin in the woods where he had stayed one night before the incident. and she sees him alive. they keep seeing eachother regularly, and plan to make a new life.

a very different story. what can love do for two people.

'the glass castle' by jeannette walls

a moving autobiografie about a girl, her siblings and her parents, who definitely are brilliant and intelligent persons, but most of the time not capable of taking care of their family. a start in life in poverty, always on the move, living from one day to the next. the children are strong, and three out of four are determined to get a better life and succeed. an insight to living with parents who do not how to act like adults, who have no sence of responsibility, living in another dimension of recognision and thinking.

could not lay the book away, so moving. incredible the strenght of these youngsters who out of nothing have the insight and the spirit of creating a life of themselves, leaving misery behind. still seeing the further degradation of their parents, and the one of the siblings.

'the 19th wife' by david ebershoff

novel about the first latter day saints a.k.a. first's a.k.a. mormons who practice polygamie. (latter day saints are those who are monogamous). history and today intertwined. the base of the story is true, but it is not a biography of for example one of the important caracters ann eliza young or any other historical person mentioned in the book. swapping from today to yesterday and back. the main story is about an excommunicated boy who's mother is accused of murdering her husband. this mother is wife no. 19 like ann eliza. the boy wants to find out the truth.

very interesting book. it was a joy to read and got a history lesson along the reading trip. had heard of polygamie of the first's, had seen the tv show 'big love' which gave me a better insight into the different way these people live in a regular city and in compounds, hiding away from the world. the day of buying this book was quite odd by the way. i bought it at the airport of atlanta before the flight back to switzerland. and who are travelling on the same aircraft? a group of ten young missionaries of the LDS. we got talking. and by the way, my mother lives 100 meters away of 'the temple' of holland, for baptizing. no.,no, i am not converting, which is not even possible since i am nothing, i am just very curious about all religions like the amish, LDS, ecc.

'the other hand' by chris cleave

a nigerian girl wants immigrate to england. her only way out of a nightmare. someone rescued her once, will this person rescue her again.

this book had a big impact on me, again. having seeing films like 'hotel ruanda', in this book the story repeats itself again. terrible how people will be not acknowledged by a government the status of refugee, when going back means getting killed. there are a lot of wrongs in this world, and then i think how darn fortunate i am to live in a country with stability and peace. we have to pray, eventhough i am not a believer of god, but i do believe in a higher power, we have to pray for people who live in less fortunate circumstances.

(not part of my library)

'sundays at tiffany's' by james patterson

little girls have imaginary friends, but by the age of nine the imaginary friends a obbliged move on to help another child. but jane's friend comes back, and gets real.

a lovely romantic book, eventhough it could not be real.

'handle with care' by jodi picoult

little willow is sick, she has OI III(osteogenesis imperfecta type 3). could anything have been done before the was born? a mother seeking justice and ways to pays for the needs of her disabled daughter.

as always, jodi picoult writes a tear jerker which i could not lay away. beautifully written, real sentiment. difficult decisions to make, seen from different angles. a destiny which could happen to anyone of us. very good bookclub read.

'92 pacific boulevard' by debbie macomber

sheriff in a small town has to find out about the dead body found in a cave.

not a murder novel. the book is part of a whole series about the town of cedar cove. enjoyed the book, full with real life trouble and happiness. will surely buy other books to see what happens in peoples lives.

'jumping to conclusions' by christina jones

shy girl moving to the country side to open bookshop in the middle of horse riding people. do horse people read? what about her landlady have lots of money, where does it come from?

nice read for a holiday, not too super exciting.

(not part of my library)