by Sarah Jio
Penny is a newlywed in the 1950s, married to the famous artist Dexter Wentworth living in a houseboat in Washington State; Ada is a young widow grieving her husband and daughter about 50 years later who moves from New York City to that same houseboat to help move on with her life away from the pitif...
Another book I loved by this author!
Morning Glory by Sarah JioHave read many of the author's other works and really appreciated the feeling that she knows me and what I'm going through.This story is about Ada who's left NYC and arrived in Seattle. The houseboats we had visited ourselves a few years ago and love the descriptions of not...
This book had so much potential, but a few easily-corrected flaws knocked it back. The author is a talented writer (I hope they corrected all those errors in the foreword from my preview copy) and the setting is beautiful (the book directly mentions Sleepless in Seattleās inspiration). Mix in myster...
3.5 star readI have read and enjoyed numerous other books by Ms. Jio and MORNING GLORY is no exception. I constantly enjoy the way the author weaves the stories from the past and present into one cohesive storyline. For awhile I actually thought this story could have been titled MOURNING GLORY and ...
This novel really reinforced my love for all of Sarah Jio's novels. This does follow the same vein of most of her other novels as that it follows two women (one from the past and one from the present) that are struggling with sadness in their life. Ada is the woman from the present and she is strugg...
I read an ARC of this book and loved it. As usual with Sarah Jio's books, the setting was what made the book and I wanted to be there. I especially loved the addition of the ducks' story.
I really like Sarah Jio, but it would be awesome if she'd start exploring some new story structures and themes aside from the modern lady drawn in by the historical lady whose mysterious life mirrors her own.