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Family drama; part suspense and part mystery | Family drama; part suspense and part mystery

elizabeth-flock's picture
Jun.10.2012
       In many ways, Carrie Parker is like any other eight-year-old—playing make-believe, going to school, dreaming of faraway places. But even in her imagination, she can't pretend away the hardships of her impoverished North Carolina home or protect her younger sister, Emma....
r-m-doyon's picture
Dec.20.2010
JANE SCHUMACHER, a smart and spirited political aide to the Governor of New York, is shepherding her charismatic boss towards a serious run for the White House.  But after a visit to her doctor on the day before Thanksgiving, she doubts whether her dreams will come true.  Angered and shaken, and...
bernice-l-mcfadden's picture
Oct.27.2009
This Bitter Earth picks up where Sugar left off-on the dirt road leading to Sugar's childhood home in Short Junction, Arkansas. Here, Sugar hears a shocking revelation about unrequited love, and about one man's hatred-and the black magic that has cursed generations. Her travels take Sugar to St....
jodee-c-kulp's picture
Nov.25.2008
What you don't know won't hurt you is a lie.A big lie. Knowledge is still power, and the power found in these pages is undeniable. When Jodee Kulp began to explain the insidiousness of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome I did not get it. I could not sympathize. It was too much like an out of control virus that...
robert-sward's picture
Aug.24.2008
"I like the wide sweep of it. There are many mysteries between father and son that people don't talk about... There's much leaping, but each line, so to speak, steps on something solid." --Robert Bly on father and son sequence. As the Globe  & Mail (Canada) noted in a review of The...
diane-chamberlain's picture
Jul.09.2008
It’s often difficult for me to characterize my books, and Before the Storm is no exception. It’s part suspense, part mystery, and one hundred percent family drama. It’s about how far family members will go to protect one another. It’s about the choices people make that come back to haunt them. And...