The Lilacs of Mackinac Island

by Marianne Perry | Jun 15, 2017 | My Reflections

As an author, I am always on the hunt for interesting locales to set my writing. Over the years, I have often visited Mackinac Island with friends. It has proven a delightful place with myriad experiences and I’ve added it to the list of potential sites for future...

Book Review: The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

by Marianne Perry | May 15, 2017 | My Reflections

The Wonder, set in Athlone, a village in the Irish midlands post the 1845-1852 potato famine, unfolds during a two week period in August 1859. It is about Anna O’Donnell, an eleven year old mourning the loss of her older brother, Pat who’d died the previous November....

Book Review: Two If By Sea by Jacquelyn Mitchard

by Marianne Perry | Apr 17, 2017 | My Reflections

A tsunami claims the life of Frank Mercy’s wife and unborn child Christmas Eve on Bribie Island, north of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. Frank, a retired police officer and volunteer fireman, attempts to rescue the occupants of a sinking van. The older lad trapped...

Book Review: The Woman In Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

by Marianne Perry | Mar 15, 2017 | My Reflections

Did Laura (Lo) Blackstock witness a woman’s body being thrown overboard in the cabin next to hers? Had she too much alcohol to drink at the reception and her recollection, therefore, suspect or given a history of anxiety issues, this a hallucination? A travel...

Book Musings: Lion/A Long Way Home by Sarro Brierley

by Marianne Perry | Feb 17, 2017 | My Reflections

How Many Families Do You Have? Book Review: Lion/A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley Lion, previously published as A Long Way Home, is Saroo Brierley’s memoir. Saroo was born in 1981 in Ganesh Tilai, Madhya Pradesh, India. In 1986 while accompanying his older brother,...