Tag: Women’s Fiction

‘The Wedding People’: Witty exploration of love and grief

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“The Wedding People” by Alison Espach is a near-perfect summer read. Adjunct Professor Phoebe Stone makes for a likable, albeit troubled protagonist, and her plight of being newly divorced and professionally stifled will resonate with many readers. With heart and humor, “The Wedding People” offers different perspectives on the grieving process. Phoebe is grieving her…

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Five books with pink covers you should read now

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Don’t judge these books by their delicate pink covers. Their contents may shock, scare, thrill, or even offend you. Whether horror, science fiction, or contemporary fiction, these novels written by women featuring devilish female characters deliver much more bite than what their soft, feminine cover color reveals. No matter which of these five delightful reads…

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‘Woman of the Year’: Tale of mind control, revenge, and the #MeToo Movement

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It’s nearly impossible to classify Darcey Bell’s fourth novel, “Woman of the Year.” The short novel published in March 2023 combines one of Sigmund Freud’s best-known studies with #MeToo and long-simmering revenge. Bell’s writing is simple, brisk and imbued with the bitterness, disappointment and bottled-up frustration of her tragic protagonist, Lorelei Green. Bell’s debut, “A Simple…

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2023 Reflections: Highs and lows of the year

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I want to reflect on some reading highs and lows as we say goodbye to 2023. Since creating Heroine Chic Reviews in April, I’ve had the pleasure of finding some captivating fiction worthy of more exposure. I also read some works that decidedly weren’t my proverbial cup of tea. Let’s take a look at what…

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‘The Drowning Woman’: Women struggle to escape their pasts

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“The Drowning Woman” follows two woman: newly homeless Lee Gulliver and rich housewife Hazel Laval. The first of the book’s four parts is told from Lee’s perspective alternating with Hazel’s. Lee is barely surviving by working under the table at a rundown diner and taking showers at random gyms around town. She lives in her…

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