Erica’s Pick of the Week: This Is How You Lose The Time War
Erica’s Pick Of The Week is an unexpected, genre-defying gem.
Ellen’s Pick of the Week: The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick
Martha had a full and busy life volunteering at the seaside village’s library and helping her friends and family out by doing the chores they had no time to do— laundry, mending their clothes and watching sister’s kids and much more. She never said no to a request for a favor even though her house…
Andrea’s Pick of the Week: Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
Liane Moriarty is one of the most popular authors around. Besides Big Little Lies, which has become a big HBO miniseries, almost all of her other books have already been optioned for Hollywood. I think people love her work because her characters are so relatable and her stories are so clever. Moriarty succeeds again with…
Adoption Genealogy Research
Do you have ancestors who were adopted but don’t know how to go about researching them? Having an adopted ancestor can often be one of the most frustrating and challenging aspects of genealogy research. In times past, records of adoptions weren’t as well kept as they are today, making searching for the link between birth parents…
Ellen’s Pick of the Week: Virgil Wander by Leif Enger
“Greenstone was full of people who could make you sad just by strolling into view.” Virgil Wander, Leif Enger’s eponymous new novel, is set in the hard-luck town of Greenstone, Minnesota along the stormy northern shores of Lake Superior. Although the town and its people have seen better days, together they muddle through by supporting…
