Tag Archives: Adoption
Charles Frazier. Nightwoods. New York: Random House, 2011.
When Luce is appointed guardian for her dead sister Lilly’s young twins, her reclusive life in the back woods of a small mountain town changes forever. Frank and Dolores are not like other children. Witnesses to their mother’s murder at … Continue reading
Eileen Clymer Schwab. Shadow of a Quarter Moon. New York: New American Library, 2011.
“Jacy Lane, you are nothing more than a foolish quarter moon!” While Jacy is the pride and joy of her father, the wealthy plantation owner Mr. Bradford Lane, she is often the subject of her mother Claudia’s anger. Raised to … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Camden, Coastal Plain, Gates, Historical, Pasquotank, Romance/Relationship, Schwab, Eileen Clymer
John Hart. Iron House. New York, NY: Thomas Dunne Books, 2011.
Michael knows how to kill, possibly better than anyone else alive. He dispatches his victims without emotion or drama, a virtue that makes him nearly invisible in New York City. He is the Old Man’s silent, deadly shadow. But before … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Buncombe, Chatham, Hart, John, Madison, Mountains, Piedmont, Suspense/Thriller
Diane Chamberlain. The Midwife’s Confession. Don Mills, Ontario: MIRA, 2011.
Thus far 2010 has been a difficult year for Tara Vincent and Emerson Stiles. First, Tara’s husband, Sam, dies in a car accident; then their best friend, a local midwife named Noelle Downie, inexplicably commits suicide. Sam, Noelle, Tara, and … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Chamberlain, Diane, Coast, Mystery, New Hanover, Robeson, Romance/Relationship
Dixie Land. Grave Secrets. Kernersville, NC: Alabaster Books, 2008.
Susan Slade grew up feeling secure and loved. Her parents were attentive and supportive, and Susan had a close relationship with her Aunt Lois and a foster sister, Krystal. Wes Marshall had been Susan’s boyfriend since high school, and the … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2008, Coast, Land, Dixie, Mystery, Suspense/Thriller
Michael Morris. Slow Way Home. New York: HarperOne, 2004.
Brandon’s life has always been full of uncertainty. Whether he is trying to navigate his mother’s erratic, alcohol-fueled moods or to protect himself from her abusive boyfriends, Brandon is always on the edge. That all changes when, at the insistence … Continue reading
Diane Chamberlain. Summer’s Child. Don Mills, Ont.: MIRA, 2010.
Daria Cato thought of Rory Taylor as her best friend. Their family had summer houses on the same cul-de-sac in Kill Devil Hills. Daria and Rory would run on the beach together and play all kinds of games. Rory, three … Continue reading
Filed under 2010, 2010-2019, Chamberlain, Diane, Coast, Dare
Monique Truong. Bitter in the Mouth. New York: Random House, 2010.
All of her adult life, Linda Hammerick has been asked “what it was like to grow up being Asian in the South.” Linda, adopted at the age of six by a white couple in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, has always … Continue reading
Filed under 2010, 2010-2019, Cleveland, Piedmont, Truong, Monique
Sarah Addison Allen. The Girl Who Chased the Moon. New York: Bantam Books, 2010.
Coming home can be a difficult process if the reasons you left in the first place were painful. Coming home to a small town like Mullaby, North Carolina where everyone seems to know all about you can be very awkward. … Continue reading
Doris Buchanan Smith. Moonshadow of Cherry Mountain. New York: Four Winds Press, 1982.
Greg and Moonshadow, his black Labrador Retriever, have lived on Cherry Mountain for six years, ever since they were adopted by the Rileys. They both love roaming the mountain, drinking from its crystal-clear streams and searching for wildlife. The two … Continue reading
Filed under 1980-1989, 1982, Children & Young Adults, Clay, Mountains, Smith, Doris Buchanan
