BExtraordinaire Reads

Have you read it? 

I recently finished The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin. Coplin, a short story writer, penned her first novel when the story kept growing. The Orchardist is a compelling story of loss and failure, and how it can impact one's life. It begins in late 1800s when William Talmadge's sister disappears from the family's home in the rural foothills of the Cascade Mountains. Years later as he still mourns the loss of his sister, two young pregnant sisters enter his life. Talmadge is given a second chance.  I enjoyed the descriptions of the orchard and the work of the orchardist. Although, the writing was sparse and a little choppy in places, maybe due to Coplin's short story writing style background, the story kept me reading. The characters -underdeveloped and unsympathetic- make the setting  the main character in this novel. 

Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler

I am reading this now. Zelda Fitzgerald lived most of her life under the shadow of her famous husband, F. Scott Fitzgerald.   A fan of F. Scott's Fitzgerald writing, I have been intrigued by Zelda Fitzgerald since reading her 1932 autobiographical and unsuccessful novel, Save Me the Waltz. 

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The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin

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