What is the what : the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : a novel
By Eggers, Dave
5 stars, Jessica
The Help
By Stockett, Kathryn
5 stars, Karen
Corelli’s Mandolin
By de Bernieres, Louis
5 stars, Jessica
Palace of Tears
by Alev Lytle Croutier, 2000
Who was she, the mystery woman in the painting? He was consumed by her. Casimir de Chateauneuf was a man with everything, but he was bored with his life. His thoughts turned to nothing but her. He had to find her and so Casimir left his home, his family and everything he knew to travel to a distant land to find his love. In a far off place, she dreamed of a man who dreamed of her, and so she waited for her love to find her. “Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They are in each other all along” begins the magical journey that is Alev Lytle Croutier’s book, The Palace of Tears. This slim volume is an enchanting tale of two people destined to find one another.
-Karen