After writing my final exams, I visited my old auntie's house for the first time . My aunt is a good reader. She has collections of novels in her bookshelf .
Living with my old aunt is really a big deal because everything is done in a really Old-fashioned way. Okrrrrrr! My aunt is very paranoid.
TBH, I enjoyed staying in her place because she has a lot of stories to tell and I have lots of novels to read.
PS : I am reviewing old novels because that is what I got from my aunts book shelf.
1) Till the sun shines through
Author - Anne Bennett
Genre - Domestic Fiction
This novel is written in 2003 (found it in my auntie's book shelf) . It is a story of a young girl Bridie McCarthy who loved her family's farm in Senegal even though she was forced to work hard.
As Bridie began to grow into a young adult her Uncle ( Francis) started to make passes at her.
He succeeded in raping her.
After the rape, Bridie found out that she was pregnant , she had to run away from her home to meet her married sister ( Mary) in Birmingham.
Bridie aborted the pregnancy, married Tom who accepted her past.
But her fate changes when the World War II looms.
This story is a heart touching one because it shows fate can really treat a human.
I think you should read it too!
2) The Personal Shopper
Author - Carmen Reid
Genre- Contemporary Romance
Year published - 2007
The personal shopper is the tale of Annie Valentine a single mum of two who works in a posh London department store as a personal shopper.
She helps the extremely wealthy invent and reinvent themselves through clothes & accessories .She is a sweet heart of a character and she runs afoul of a horrid boss and the occasional whiny customers more often than she should.
Annie struggles to give her two children everything without the without the means to do so consistently.
From teenage drama with her daughter Lana to work challenges due to a snaky boss threatened by her success to man troubles as she struggles to balance what she thinks she wants with what she really needs.
She is a Likeable character and I most confess I occasionally found myself wanting to hold my hands over her mouth to stop her from calling everyone ' Babes'. Lol!
All in all this was a cute, fun, light, comic tale of one woman's effort to hold it together , all the time.
I think you should read it too!
3) A Northern Light
Author - Jennifer Donnelly
Genre : Mystery, Historical Fiction, Young adult fiction .
Year published - 2003
Jennifer Donnelly combines a mystery with a coming-of-age story about a girl choosing among education, family, obligations,romance.
The mystery derives an event, the death in 1906 of a young woman in Northern New-York.
16 year old Mattie Girly is working for the summer at the hotel where the murdered woman has been staying and has given Mattie letters to burn.
As the details emerge about a possible murder, Mattie struggles with whether to turn them over to the police or to burn the letters.
She also wrestles with a deathbed promise to her mother to stay and raise her younger siblings.
Mattie, who loves language and excels at creative writing, longs to go to New York City for college, encouraged by a feminist schoolteacher.
The story’s structure reflects the two promises at issue, with chapters narrated in present tense set at the hotel during the summer and chapters in past tense set during the preceding year when her mother died.
The chapters from the past take their headings from new words Mattie is learning from her dictionary, a device that grows a bit tedious, as do the myriad details about the farming life.
Issues about racism and women’s rights are more deftly woven into the action. While tighter writing would have enhanced the work, this is nevertheless an absorbing story that will appeal strongly to the growing number of historical fiction fans
Thanks for reading.
Leilah
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