This is the second book I read in the Fraud and Miracle trilogy, and its inclusion there is sure to put readers on their guard. But that is the beauty of it. You know something is going on, and you might even suspect what (although not, perhaps, in detail) but you can’t help but eagerly keep reading...
I read the whole book and then I read what the author based his book on, what he had for research and what he added for bulking out his story. This is quite an amazing story about this one young woman's life during the war. Her life is a story of constant loss and leaving. Of pain and death and not ...
In this World War II novel, Ludwika Gierz, a young beautiful Polish woman, suffers the loss of all the men in her life. She is still in mourning of her brother, Franz, who has drowned two years earlier when her father goes missing in action in the beginning of the war. Her mother, her sister Stacia ...
Synopsis: The conflict is drawn out over materialistic issues, but there are other underlying problems which go to the heart of what it means to be part of a family which, in one way or another. has cast one aside.Prejudice, misconceptions and the human condition in all forms feature in this conte...
"High Crimes" by David Lawlor is an intelligent and expertly written crime story set in modern day Dublin, Ireland with a link to the past. There are several narratives that quickly form a complex and cleverly plotted web of connections in this well paced and very enjoyable thriller.There are two vi...
"Conditions" is the story of two estranged brothers brought together after the death of their mother. Now both middle-aged they discover just how different their lives are. One married with children, the other single and struggling with mental illness. Christoph is a master at dealing with sen...
I am a huge fan of this so talented and so gifted author. "Conditions" is about two estranged brothers Tony and Charles who are the main characters of the story. The death of their mother brings the two middle age men back in each other's life. Though brothers they are quite different. Tony is marri...
Christoph Fischer has written another wonderful, heartfelt story. This time, he explores the effects of bipolar disorder through the eyes of a family. Charles and his illness is painful to read. You can just imagine how difficult his life is, but he somehow pushes forward through his mother's death ...