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The Pilot’s Wife – Anita Shreve

Kathryn Lyons is married to a pilot, and they have a beautiful daughter. She thinks she has the ideal life. Well, her marriage has become just a little lackluster over the years, but that’s pretty normal for marriage, isn’t it? When Robert Hart, a representative for the union, knocks on her door in the middle of the night, she knows the truth before he even says it. Jack’s plane has gone down. Robert says near while she sorts through her emotions. Of course, denial. Shock. Horror. Her daughter goes through them as well when she wakes her up to tell … Continue reading →

Light on Snow – Anita Shreve

“Light on Snow” is the first Anita Shreve novel I’ve read, and I really enjoyed it. Nicky Dillon is a twelve-year-old girl whose mother and baby sister were killed in a car accident two years before. Her father was completely bereft and sold their house, packing up all their things and taking them to New England, where he hoped they would make a brand new start. Nicky doesn’t like the fact that they’ve left every aspect of their old life behind, but she knows he needs this, so she tries to go along with it. One afternoon she and her … Continue reading →

Thale’s Folly – Dorothy Gilman

Dorothy Gilman is most famous for the “Mrs. Polifax” series, but the stand-alone novel “Thale’s Folly” is equally as enjoyable, although it’s a story rather than a mystery. Andrew Oliver Thale is a young man of twenty-six who survived a terrifying plane crash, coming out with a number of broken bones and post-traumatic stress disorder. Once a budding novelist with two books under his belt, he has lost his ability to write fiction and has taken a job writing newsletters for the company where his father holds a place as vice-president. He can’t sleep without having nightmares about the crash, … Continue reading →