![]() ![]() ![]() When Jillian arrives, she learns the locals believe Toby’s fall was an accident, but Scotland Yard believes it may have been a murder. ![]() They were close when she was a child, but they hadn’t seen each other in years. ![]() She travels to Rothewell, where Toby fell from a cliff. Uncle Toby and her parents had a falling out, and they’re out of the country, so Oxford student Jillian is the only one left to deal with his belongings. An Inquiry Into Love and Death follows Jillian as she travels to a small seaside town to deal with her uncle Toby’s belongings after he dies unexpectedly. I’m slowly making my way through Simone St. Is it Walking John, the two-hundred-year-old ghost that haunts the bay? And who besides the ghost is roaming the local woods at night? If Toby uncovered something sinister, was his death really an accident? The arrival of handsome Scotland Yard inspector Drew Merriken leaves Jillian with more questions than answers and the added complication of a powerful mutual attraction. Almost immediately, terrifying events convince Jillian that an angry spirit is trying to enter the house. Reading Challenges: Holly's 2019 GoodReads ChallengeĪmazon | Barnes & Noble | The Ripped Bodice | Google Play BooksĪfter her ghost-hunting uncle Toby dies, Oxford student Jillian must drive to the seaside village of Rothewell to pack up his belongings. JamesĬliffhanger: View Spoiler » No « Hide SpoilerĬontent Warning: View Spoiler » Ghosts, Death, Gore, Violence, « Hide Spoiler An Inquiry Into Love and Death by Simone St. ![]()
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![]() Nearly 98 at his death in 1937, Rockefeller had retired in 1896 to be "the Lord's fiduciary" and gave his money away. Titan is a magnificent biography-balanced, revelatory, elegantly written. ![]() But he also uncovers the profound religiosity that drove him “to give all I could” his devotion to his father and the wry sense of humor that made him the country’s most colorful codger. He was the terror of his competitors, the bogeyman of reformers, the delight of caricaturists-and an utter enigma.ĭrawing on unprecedented access to Rockefeller’s private papers, Chernow reconstructs his subjects’ troubled origins (his father was a swindler and a bigamist) and his single-minded pursuit of wealth. In the course of his nearly 98 years, Rockefeller was known as both a rapacious robber baron, whose Standard Oil Company rode roughshod over an industry, and a philanthropist who donated money lavishly to universities and medical centers. Rockefeller, Sr.-the Jekyll-and-Hyde of American capitalism. ![]() National Book Critics Circle Award Finalistįrom the acclaimed, award-winning author of Alexander Hamilton: here is the essential, endlessly engrossing biography of John D. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Flash forward to the late 1980s where we meet Evelyn who is struggling with mid-life depression. The people that frequent the cafe form a bond that supports one another through terrible tragedies and protect their own. It’s also the center of town activities, gossip and news. In the 1930s the cafe serves excellent Southern-style home cooking, especially fried green tomatoes. Moving between two time periods – the 1930s and the 1980s – this book centers on a small town in Alabama and the Whistle Stop Cafe. Everyone loved it.Īnd why not? It has a little bit of everything – family and friendship, an epic love story, a murder mystery, some grief and heartbreak and lots of joy. But this book, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg, never failed me. And just because you thought a book was the best ever written, doesn’t mean someone else will feel the same. Reading preferences, mood, previous mis-conceptions – all can affect how a person will feel about a book. ![]() When it was published in 1987 not everyone had heard about it (this was long before celebrity book clubs and relentless social media attention). For many years, this was my go-to title when someone asked me for a book recommendation. ![]() |