Welcome to WWW Wednesday! This meme is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are:
What did you recently finish reading?
Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope are two NYPD rookies assigned to the same Bronx precinct in 1973. They aren’t close friends on the job, but end up living next door to each other outside the city. What goes on behind closed doors in both houses—the loneliness of Francis’s wife, Lena, and the instability of Brian’s wife, Anne, sets the stage for the stunning events to come.
Ask Again, Yes by award-winning author Mary Beth Keane, is a beautifully moving exploration of the friendship and love that blossoms between Francis’s youngest daughter, Kate, and Brian’s son, Peter, who are born six months apart. In the spring of Kate and Peter’s eighth grade year a violent event divides the neighbors, the Stanhopes are forced to move away, and the children are forbidden to have any further contact.
But Kate and Peter find a way back to each other, and their relationship is tested by the echoes from their past. Ask Again, Yes reveals how the events of childhood look different when reexamined from the distance of adulthood—villains lose their menace, and those who appeared innocent seem less so. Kate and Peter’s love story is marked by tenderness, generosity, and grace.
What are you currently reading?
Emily thinks Adam’s perfect; the man she thought she’d never meet. But lurking in the shadows is a rival; a woman who shares a deep bond with the man she loves.
Emily chose Adam, but she didn’t choose his mother Pammie. There’s nothing a mother wouldn’t do for her son, and now Emily is about to find out just how far Pammie will go to get what she wants: Emily gone forever.
The Other Woman is an addictive, fast-paced psychological thriller about the destructive relationship between Emily, her boyfriend Adam, and his manipulative mother Pammie.
What do you think you’ll read next?
Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her “head-for-the-hills bag”. In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father’s junkyard.
Her father forbade hospitals, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent.
Then, lacking any formal education, Tara began to educate herself. She taught herself enough mathematics and grammar to be admitted to Brigham Young University, where she studied history, learning for the first time about important world events like the Holocaust and the civil rights movement. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home.
What are your WWW? Have you read any of my WWW?
I loved The Other Woman! Enjoy!
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Thanks! I’m really liking it so far!
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I hope you enjoy Educated, it is an emotional story, but so uplifting when finished.
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I’m interested to read it! It is our book club pick for June!
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I am currently reading Everything leads to you,
Finished reading- With the fire on high and
mostly will read You’re welcome universe next 🙂
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Hope you enjoy!
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I’ve heard great things about Ask Again, Yes! I hope you will enjoy it. Have a wonderful week and happy reading!
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Thank you! Happy reading to you too!
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Pammie is awfully close to Sammie, which caught my attention in regards to The Other Woman. xD I don’t think I’m a super crazy mother, though. But then again, I’m sure neither does she. Sounds like a really interesting book! I’ve heard really good things about Educated, too. Enjoy. Happy reading.
Here’s my WWW post.
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Hahaha oh man, I don’t know if anyone would want to compare themselves to Pammie!
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I don’t know. Is there a chance I can use it to scare my offspring into behaving? I might just be able to get it to work in my favor. xD
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These all sound so good. I want to read them all too!
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The Other Woman sounds really good!
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I know and so far it’s really good too!!
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I wants them all!
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Omg the The Other Woman sounds really great. Good take on the Mother-in-law from hell trope. I’d definitely be down to read that.
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I would highly recommend it, I’m really enjoying it!
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The Other Woman an Educated are both on my TBR!
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Hope you enjoy! I’m really liking The Other Woman right now.
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I like all three of your books as they each look very interesting. Happy Reading.
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Thank you!
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All great stories!
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I hope so!
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