Late January and all of February has been a very up and down reading time for me. A lot of the the books I read were good, but not overwhelmingly so, and others just did nothing for me. I read a couple books I loved, but those won’t be released until next month. Today I’m sharing my thoughts on two books I enjoyed very much, but that fell just short of wowing me. On both, I think I’m something of an outlier, because many people are raving about these two lovely books. I’m starting to think it’s just me!…

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Single Sentence Summary: While in the hospital, Lucy Barton has a five-day visit from her estranged mother that alters the course of her life.

Primary Characters: Lucy – a married woman with two young daughters, confined to a hospital after a tricky post-surgery infection. Lucy’s mother – from a very small town in Illinois, she comes to visit after not seeing Lucy for many years….

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