Pub Date - May 5, 2015
4.5 stars
Loosely following Jane Eyre, this novel explores family, work, relationships, the immigrant experience and life in New York during the years around September 11. Jane Re is Korean-American and lives a restricted life with her uncle in Queens. She has lost her first position post college with a financial firm and decides to become a nanny to an adopted Chinese girl and her strange family in Brooklyn. The characters are all richly developed and even ones that seem like caricature are more fully fleshed out by the end. Once I started this, I found it hard to put down and I thought it was a really good book. I received an electronic galley of this novel in exchange for an honest review.
The Dream Lover by Elizabeth Berg
Pub Date - April 7, 2015
3 stars
Usually I love historical fiction about writers but this one didn't quite connect with me as much as I hoped it would. George Sand was an early feminist writer who left her unhappy marriage in order to live an unusual and bohemian lifestyle in Paris with other artists and writers. This novel is beautifully written but I found this iteration of George Sand to be frustrating and somewhat annoying. I found myself skimming portions that seemed to go on and on about how she needed real love. So while I did enjoy the writing and scenes of nineteenth century Paris, I sometimes found myself aggravated by the main character. I received an electronic galley of this novel through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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