2 Poppins Lane by Patricia Striar Rohner, Feisty Women

 

Two sisters should feel safe in the home of their loving family.

But 2 Poppins Lane hides some secrets which only come to light when feisty Susan Stern plucks up the courage to speak to a neighbour who is a teacher and a friend. The Sterns face many of the problems that beset all families. None of the players here are without their faults but they remain human and show courage and determination in their efforts to make the world better for those around them. Can 2 Poppins Lane be their sanctuary?

Patricia Striar Rohner doesn’t judge as she tells the partly dark, partly hopeful story of 2 Poppins Lane.

Warning: this novel contains scenes of sexual abuse.

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The author did an excellent job of showing both the perspective of the abuser and the one receiving the abuse, making the experience feel real and impactful. The book was an engaging and easy read that kept me wanting to know more, while also being highly educational on such and important subject.

As a former publisher, I previewed 2 Poppins Lane. It is a riveting and thought-provoking novel about a family dealing with sexual abuse of two young daughters by their cousin. Their father is a Doctor who with others create a Sexual Abuse Center to treat abused children and if they are willing to participate, the abusers. The family is also dealing with infidelity, divorce, remarriage, forgiveness, and moving on successfully with their lives.  

 

 

Miller and Kelby by Maxine Flam

 

Two Detectives, One City

The time: the late 1970s
The place: Los Angeles, California

Joseph (Joe) Miller and William (Bill) Kelby are detectives with the Major Case Squad. They get the hard-to-solve cases. And they solve them the old fashioned way with grit and determination, forensics, and help from the department psychologist.

Miller and Kelby are a dedicated detective team that Los Angeles turns to when there are unsolved murders in the city. And solving murders is their speciality. They put their lives on the line every day for the citizens of Los Angeles, a city that rarely sleeps.

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Telling the Dark by Henry Mitchell

 

Riches lurk below life’s surface.

Mystery is offered by everyday happenings. We may slip thought small openings into alternative worlds. A gentle guide leads us through the darker places and we may encounter peace and fun.

Henry Mitchell is that guide in his Telling the Dark. 

“I commend you to join in the fantasy of Henry’s stories” – Stephen Drew, author of Into the Thin: A Pilgrimage Walk Across Northern Spain

 

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Girl in a Smart Uniform by Gill James

 

 

Gisela adores her brother Bear, her gorgeous BDM uniform and her little half-brother Jens. She does her best to be a good German citizen and is keen to help restore Germany to its former glory. She becomes a competent and respected BDM leader.

But life begins to turn sour. Her oldest brother Kurt can be violent, she soon realises that she is different from other girls, she feels uncomfortable around her mother’s new lover and there is something not quite right about Jens.  It becomes more and more difficult to be the perfect German young woman.          

Girl in a Smart Uniform is the third book in the Schellberg Cycle, a collection of novels inspired by a bunch of photocopied letters that arrived at a small cottage in Wales in 1979.

The letters give us some insights into what life was like growing up in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s.

This novel explores what may have motivated young women growing up in Nazi Germany and offers an explanation as to how a school for disabled children was allowed to carry on functioning throughout World War II.    

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