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Review of Framed: Why Michael Skakel Spent Over a Decade in Prison For a Murder He Didn’t Commit by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

July 13, 2016 by Ann Marie 3 Comments

That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer, is a Maxim that has been long and generally approved. - Benjamin Franklin, letter to Benjamin Vaughn dated March 14, 1785   On the evening of October 30, 1975, Martha Moxley, a beautiful fifteen-year-old girl residing in the prestigious Belle Haven enclave of the very affluent town of Greenwich ...

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Filed Under: ARC, Book Review, True Crime Tagged With: ARC, belle haven, Book Review, Dominick Dunne, Family Dynamics, great book club read, greenwich ct crime, Mark Furhman, Martha Moxley, Michael Skakel, recommended for book club, Robert F Kennedy, Sutton Report, true crime book, Wrongful conviction

Review of “We Could Be Beautiful” by Swan Huntley

July 4, 2016 by Ann Marie 2 Comments

Catherine West is a wealthy trust fund (43 year old) kid living the good life in Manhattan. Like many wealthy people, she seems to have it all from the outside. Her days are spent bag shopping and lunching (though she doesn't actually eat anything). Her nights are filled with gallery openings other society events. Somehow she manages to squeeze in massages on Sundays. She barely has time for ...

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Filed Under: ARC, Book Review, Fiction Tagged With: ARC, beach read, Book Review, Family Dynamics, Fiction, NetGalley, Women's Fiction

Review of The Girls by Emma Cline

June 29, 2016 by Ann Marie 1 Comment

The Girls , Emma Cline's highly-anticipated debut novel, is the story of 14 year old Evie, growing up in 1960's  California, and how she becomes entangled with a violent cult. Evie is now an adult who has, for the most part, moved on with her life. The story toggles back and forth between the two timelines in a well-paced and seamless manner. The parallels with the Manson killings of that time ...

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Filed Under: ARC, Book Review, Mystery Tagged With: ARC, Book Review, Family Dynamics, Fiction, NetGalley, recommended for book club

May Book Club “Madamoiselle Chanel” and Circo

June 12, 2016 by Ann Marie 2 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, (I am waaay behind on posting), the NYC Ladies Fine Dining and Fiction Book Club got together at Circo to discuss Mademoiselle Chanel, which was selected for the group by one of our regular members. It was a book I'd been excited about reading for a long time so I was quite happy with the choice. I really enjoyed the book and it's quite evident that the author did an ...

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Filed Under: Book Club Meetup, Book Review, Fiction, NYC Restaurant Review Tagged With: Book Review, Chanel Book, Circo Review, CW Gortner, Family Dynamics, Fiction, great book club read, Historical Fiction, NYC Restaurant Review, recommended for book club

Review of “Glory Over Everything: Beyond the Kitchen House” by Kathleen Grissom

April 1, 2016 by Ann Marie 3 Comments

"I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person now I was free. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came up like gold through the trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in heaven." -Harriet Tubman I absolutely loved The Kitchen House and was thrilled when I heard Kathleen Grissom was writing a sequel. Though Glory Over Everything: Beyond the Kitchen House is a ...

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Filed Under: ARC, Book Review, Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: ARC, book blog, Book Review, Family Dynamics, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Kathleen Grissom, NetGalley, recommended for book club, sequal to the kitchen house

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