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Did You Ever Have A Family by Bill Clegg

On the eve of her daughter’s wedding, June Reid’s life is completely devastated when a shocking disaster takes the lives of her daughter, her daughter’s fiancé, her ex-husband, and her boyfriend, Luke --- her entire family, all gone in a moment. And June is the only survivor. Alone and directionless, June drives across the country, away from her small Connecticut town. In her wake, a community emerges, weaving a beautiful and surprising web of connections through shared heartbreak.

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Rob Bentlyewski

Reviewer

Rob Bentlyewski is a Dover, New Jersey, native and graduate of Brown University, where he studied American Literature and played on the Men's Rugby Team. Rob chose a non-traditional path in his study of literature, writing a senior thesis on political imagery in Bruce Springsteen's lyrics. A political speechwriter and policy analyst by day and a reader by night, Rob's favorite authors are Hemingway, Steinbeck, and fellow New Jerseyan Philip Roth. 

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Liz Sauchelli

Reviewer

Liz Sauchelli lives in New Hampshire and has worked as an editor at a daily newspaper for four years where she also edits a quarterly parenting magazine. She can be reached at [email protected].

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Chrissy Bentlyewski

Reviewer

Chrissy Bentlyewski is a recent graduate of Boston University who is currently working as Library Coordinator at Pickering Educational Resources Library in BU's School of Education. As an English Education major, she also spent the fall of 2015 student teaching 11th grade English in Boston Public Schools. Chrissy is passionate about Beyonce's Lemonade, diverse literature, and "Gilmore Girls."

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Michelle Agudelo

Reviewer

Indebted student resisting adulthood at all costs. Animal lover, chocolate connoisseur, and devout Harry Potter fan. One day I'll own an animal sanctuary and save a little part of the world. 

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Jeff Wheeler

Jeff took an early retirement from his career at Intel in 2014 to become a full-time author. He is, most importantly, a husband and father, a devout member of his church, and is occasionally spotted roaming hills with oak trees and granite boulders in California or in any number of the state's majestic redwood groves.

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Rebecca Hawkins

Reviewer

Rebecca Hawkins is a reader, writer, baker, knitter and child-at-heart. She is a 2013 graduate of Bennington College with a focus in literature and anthropology and has extensive experience working with children. She has been working for three years with children from infancy to age four at a family daycare where she concentrates on early literacy and strives to instill a love of reading at an early age. 

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May 2016

A belated Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! Anyone else want to vote for it to be Mother’s Week? Still in the mood for being feted? Then check out our fabulous Mother’s Day Author Blogs, which are back for a seventh year! We’re sharing pieces from authors who talk about how their moms influenced them to become readers and writers, along with their own experiences as mothers and their views on motherhood. This year, we heard from Viola Shipman, Elizabeth J. Church, Helen Simonson, Martha Hall Kelly, Mary Volmer, Ruth Wariner and Beatriz Williams. One story is better and more inspiring than the next!

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Joe Hart

Joe Hart was born and raised in northern Minnesota. Having dedicated himself to writing horror and thriller fiction since the tender age of nine, he is now the author of eight novels that include THE RIVER IS DARK, LINEAGE, and EVERFALL. THE LAST GIRL  is the first installment in the highly anticipated Dominion Trilogy and once again showcases Hart’s knack for creating breathtaking futuristic thrillers.

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Mary Kay Andrews, author of Beach Town

Greer Hennessy, a movie location scout, must find the perfect undiscovered beach town for a big budget movie. She zeroes in on a sleepy Florida panhandle town but finds a formidable obstacle in the town mayor, Eben Thibadeaux. A born-again environmentalist, he has seen massive damage done to the town by a huge paper company and has no intention of letting anybody screw with his town again. The only problem is that he finds Greer way too attractive for his own good, and knows that her motivation is in direct conflict with his.

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