Dans ce roman, Simone van der Vlugt nous emmène à Amsterdam en 1892. Lydia vient de perdre son père. Elle découvre dans ses affaires qu’il avait le plan de créer une fabrique de fromage qui fonctionnerait avec des machines modernes à vapeur. Lydia, qui est une femme en avance sur son temps, décide de se... Continue Reading →
This is a really nice book for children age 7 to 10. It was written in the context of the pandemic, where children had their schooling disrupted and quite a lot of change happened to their normal lives. In this book, we find our friends Molly and Omari learning about tapping and how it can... Continue Reading →
What a powerful novel!It is a difficult one to review because a large part of its power comes from the way it unfolds and how the reader gradually gets to see the complexity of the situation and of the characters. So, I will definitely not tell the story or anything about the contents because I... Continue Reading →
The Elopement brings us back to the society, period and characters of the previous book by Tracy Rees The Rose Garden.It is set in England, in 1897. The rich heiress Rowena Blythe falls in love with someone regarded unsuitable and decides to elope. Her life changes forever from that point. She gets back on her... Continue Reading →
Valerie is reading 