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At the moment I'm reading The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. It's been on my 'check it out list' for a long time and I grabbed it when a friend put out a pile of books that included it.About Falling Wisteria, from the publisher:
In general I strive to live intentionally. I want to notice what brings me more in line with my values and keeps me in balance physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.
I'm only two chapters into the book, however I already appreciate it very much. She lays out her goal clearly as well as her methodology, and then reports on how she did. Her writing is...[read on]
As America enters WWII, two women on the home front strive to stay strong in a heartfelt novel about hope, friendship, and family by the bestselling author of Yellow Crocus and Golden Poppies.Visit Laila Ibrahim's website.
Kay Lynn Brooke is a wife and mother in Berkeley, California, building a solid future with her husband and family. Then on December 7, 1941, the bombing of Pearl Harbor throws Kay Lynn’s life, and the lives of everyone she knows and loves, into chaos.
Within weeks, Kay Lynn’s dearest friend, Kimiko, is forcibly relocated with her family to an internment camp. Kay Lynn’s brother, fortified witha youthful and patriotic spirit, ships out for the Pacific. Her husband enlists ahead of the draft and leaves home for basic training, while Kay Lynn’s sister works for the war effort on the home front―and holds a secret that places her in a different kind of danger.
As Kay Lynn struggles to parent, keep the household together, and challenge the social mores of the time, she both finds and gives strength through her letters to Kimiko. Over the next few uncertain years, and longing for the safe and simple clarity of the past, Kay Lynn has no choice but to find her own place and purpose in a rapidly changing world.
Q&A with Laila Ibrahim.
The Page 69 Test: Falling Wisteria.
Writers Read: Laila Ibrahim.
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