SO GREAT. Rich characters. Loved 'em all. Settle in and read up.

Intriguing! I wouldn't have thought to read a book about the summer of 1927, but am so glad I did. Let yourself be transported back to an exciting era of flappers, aeronautics, and the mob. Bill comes through again.

I found myself hating these characters and wishing they would all die.

Growing up, I'd seen Mennonites occasionally at agriculture events, but didn't know any personally. They were such an enigma--the men with their unique hairstyles and the women with their caps and ditsy print dresses. I was intrigued to learn more. And I did. Isn't it the way that when someone seems foreign to us, we cease to think they might be a lot like we are? This book laid all of that to rest, and I now look at Mennonite folks with much less presupposition. You'll learn from the back cover that the author's husband leaves her after fifteen years (for a man), and she had a bad car accident the same week. Yikes. This necessitated her return to her family for healing (of all kinds). If you like delving into other cultures, give this one a try. In the midst of her pathos, there's humor and hope.

Okay, this is a departure for me. I hate spoilers, so I'm warning you. If you love Jim Harrison, or the cool cover of this book, stop reading here. If you want to know what I really thought of this book, read on. In the first five chapters, we learn that the protagonist, (retired Michigan State Police Detective Sunderson): 1.  is still in love with his ex-wife (aw) 2.  and adopted the neighbor girl with her when they were still married because her parents were neglectful.  (again, aw.) Sounds good so far, right?  Then you learn that: 3.  Before they adopted her, he used to spy on her (peep) while she was naked and doing yoga “and other pursuits”  (Yes, I had to read this line several times to make sure I’d read it right.) You remember he was a cop, right? 4.  She is just now in college, so she was apparently a minor while this was going on. 5.  He’s a raging alcoholic who pretty much vows on each page to quit, but definitely does not. 6.  He’s somewhere in his late 60s. 7.  His ex-wife still pays for everything for him. 8.  He met a girl in a cafe who helped him with the internet so he could find their runaway college daughter—this girl in the cafe wasn’t very good looking but was nice and had a nice body, fyi. 9.  Naturally, she followed him everywhere and ended up sleeping with him. 10.  He was attacked by a thug and injured. 11.  When he fell down in front of his house, his neighbor (a man) ran out to see if he was okay and helped him up. 12.  So of course that guy’s wife suddenly also felt the urge to run out in her skimpy nightie (body parts described) to also see if he was okay because I guess at 65+ he was too irresistible and she couldn't wait or put some clothes on. 13.  He then took to spying on that lady while she was doing yoga in the same nightie (naturally with no underwear on). 14.  Finally, the long lost daughter called from Europe because her boyfriend dumped her, so he went to get her, but was scared to go by himself—this is the guy everyone can’t keep their hands off, mind you, because he's such a stud. 15.  When he found the daughter, he made a move on her and THEY HAD SEX. Oh, I’m not done. There are 23 more chapters. 16.  Then he came back and finally bought that cabin in the woods—at this point I was already rooting for the bad neighbors. 17.  He met a girl in a bar who he thought was a man until she spoke. 18.  She showed up in his cabin and said she used to clean for the guy who owned it before, so he said, hey, why not, especially when he noticed her nice ass. 19.  Right away she ended up dead in a shootout with the bad neighbor who had sexually abused her since she was a little girl. 20.  Her sister then came to the cabin to take her place as the cleaning girl—she was younger (so in her teens). 21.  Guess what? Of course they ended up having sex, then rested. 22.  Then did it again, although this time “she was much more active—she must have a boyfriend who STARTED HER EARLY” (emphasis mine.)  That was what finally did it for me. I was disgusted on every page. How can I care about a protagonist who is as bad as the people he’s supposed to be chasing?  And celebrates pedophilia?  And incest? Of course I skipped to the end and the same crap kept coming up.  Every woman he met had to rip her clothes off right then and there just to have him, and of course his ex forgave him for sleeping with their daughter.  Suuuuuure.  It shoulda been called Misogyny and Me. I'm giving half a ho for the cover. The book is absolute trash. Shame on Mr. Harrison.

Fascinating and tragic. What amazing creatures seabirds are. Read and respect.

Can Jeanette ever write! Fiction, non-fiction, a grocery list--I'll read anything she pens.

I had no idea this was even a possibility. As always, Temple has so much to teach!

Weird. I found myself becoming chilly toward Eileen, the main character. But then I remembered that people are told to "write what you know", and started wondering. See what you think.

An enjoyable peek (through a finger screen) at the nudist world.

Entertaining--no big twists, but a funnish whodunnit.

Now THAT was disturbing! Makes the assassination so much less of a mystery. Another true story documenting the fallout of a power-hungry, amoral parent and the long-reaching effect this has on the family. If you are a huge fan of the Kennedy clan, realize that you're not going to get many warm fuzzies from this. You've been forewarned. No matter what your stance is, it was fascinating.