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I realize "Mrs. Poe" was much more fiction than historical record. I still liked the book. The author is a good writer. Near the ending...that was a bit too odd. But nevertheless...I did read up on the lives of Francis Osgood and Edgar Allan Poe before diving into the book so I knew it was off.
Now, I'm reading Madame Bovary again. Following that will be Dan Brown's "Inferno", then a biography on Catherine de Medici. I've got my summer reading planned til about mid- to late-July. 
Can't wait - thanks!Hi Sweet, so glad you loved The Mourning Hours - one of my favorite books from last year!Finished The Mourning Hours by Paula Treick DeBoard. Loved this book. Read it in 3 days. I'm a sucker for family stories and this one hit the spot. I won't spoil it, but it surprised me the way it "turned out."
Onto Scratched (nf) by Allen Salkin which is about the Food Network. I love the channel and my niece works there so have to read it.
She has a new one coming out in November. See below.
From the author of publishing sensation The Mourning Hours comes a powerful new novel that explores every parent's worst nightmare…
THE FRAGILE WORLD
The Kaufmans have always considered themselves a normal, happy family. Curtis is a physics teacher at a local high school. His wife, Kathleen, restores furniture for upscale boutiques. Daniel is away at college on a prestigious music scholarship, and twelve-year-old Olivia is a happy-go-lucky kid whose biggest concern is passing her next math test.
And then comes the middle-of-the-night phone call that changes everything. Daniel has been killed in what the police are calling a "freak" road accident, and the remaining Kaufmans are left to flounder in their grief.
The anguish of Daniel's death is isolating, and it's not long before this once-perfect family finds itself falling apart. As time passes and the wound refuses to heal, Curtis becomes obsessed with the idea of revenge, a growing mania that leads him to pack up his life and his anxious teenage daughter and set out on a collision course to right a wrong.
An emotionally charged novel, The Fragile World is a journey through America's heartland and a family's brightest and darkest moments, exploring the devastating pain of losing a child and the beauty of finding healing in unexpected ways.
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Just finished This is the Story of a Happy Marriage (Ann Patchett)...a collection of previously published articles. It was great! I'd heard the title piece before...twice!...but I never tire of it. Who doesn't like a happy marriage? Other articles were about how she became a writer, competing to get into the LA police academy, how she found (and lost) her dog, book tour, her bookstore...and many more. Very, very enjoyable! Read by the author...she has a great reading voice! 
Currently listening to The Willpower Instinct (Kelly McGonigal, Ph. D.). Started a little slow, now very interesting. Learning about "will" power, "won't" power and "want" power. I think I can use some of this! 
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Finished The Soldier's Wife (Margaret Leroy) about the German occupation of Guernsey during WWII. It was SO good! What a difficult time for the people there. I found some of it sad near the end (yes, I cried!), but the last page was very satisfying. 
Hi Sweet, so glad you loved The Mourning Hours - one of my favorite books from last year!Finished The Mourning Hours by Paula Treick DeBoard. Loved this book. Read it in 3 days. I'm a sucker for family stories and this one hit the spot. I won't spoil it, but it surprised me the way it "turned out."
Onto Scratched (nf) by Allen Salkin which is about the Food Network. I love the channel and my niece works there so have to read it.
She has a new one coming out in November. See below.
From the author of publishing sensation The Mourning Hours comes a powerful new novel that explores every parent's worst nightmare…
THE FRAGILE WORLD
The Kaufmans have always considered themselves a normal, happy family. Curtis is a physics teacher at a local high school. His wife, Kathleen, restores furniture for upscale boutiques. Daniel is away at college on a prestigious music scholarship, and twelve-year-old Olivia is a happy-go-lucky kid whose biggest concern is passing her next math test.
And then comes the middle-of-the-night phone call that changes everything. Daniel has been killed in what the police are calling a "freak" road accident, and the remaining Kaufmans are left to flounder in their grief.
The anguish of Daniel's death is isolating, and it's not long before this once-perfect family finds itself falling apart. As time passes and the wound refuses to heal, Curtis becomes obsessed with the idea of revenge, a growing mania that leads him to pack up his life and his anxious teenage daughter and set out on a collision course to right a wrong.
An emotionally charged novel, The Fragile World is a journey through America's heartland and a family's brightest and darkest moments, exploring the devastating pain of losing a child and the beauty of finding healing in unexpected ways.
It sounds a lot like her earlier book. And another one I've read by someone else. If I think of the name I'll post it here for those who like this kind of story.
I enjoyed The Mourning Hours.
ETA...Found it. Some may have already read it. We Were the Mulvaneys (Joyce Carol Oates):
Judd is the youngest of the four Mulvaney children - three boys and a girl - on their parents’ lush farm in upstate New York. In his childhood, Judd is swept along by the sheer energy of the Mulvaneys and their wealth of beloved family stories. But now, 30 years old, Judd looks back through his memories to tell the secrets that eventually ripped apart the fabric of his storybook family.
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