Loving Frank by Nancy Horan.
This is the story of Mamah Borthwick Cheney and Frank Lloyd Wright. The two main characters, Mamah and Frank are beautifully vivid. You feel like you know them personally. The pace moves along and doesn't keep you waiting. You are never bored. There are twists and turns in the plot that keep you wanting more. The tone is dramatic, romantic, mysterious, sad and at some times humorous. The settings - the houses, Europe and Oak Park, Illinois - are explicitly detailed. You can picture them in your mind. I loved this book and appreciated a resolved ending, though not the way I would have liked it to end.
Son by Lois Lowry
The conclusion of The Giver. The plot is divided into 3 parts - before, between and beyond. It begins with Claire, a 14 year old birthmother in the town that Lowry established in The Giver. The pacing can get confusing, especially if you have not read the others in the series. It jumps back and forth between all 4 books. The characters are well defined and well developed. Lowry has brought back all the characters from all the books in the series. The story has an ending, but Son still leaves you with many questions.
Recommendations:
I recommended books by Terri Thayer to Sharon Coffman. She is new to mysteries and is a quilter and these are cozy quilting mysteries.
I also recommended the Mommy Track Mysteries to Melanie Brevis - she's a new mommy again.
