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Publisher and Publication Date: Little Egg Publishing Company . May 15, 2017. Genre: Nonfiction, memoir, novella. Pages: 116. Source: Free copy from Little Egg Publishing Company and Smith Publicity . Rating: Excellent. A map of Europe is included for the time period of the 1950s. Seven family photographs are located at the end of the book. Choices is a novella, and a story for both adult and young adult readers. For more information from the publisher about the book: Choices Summary: J.E. Laufer has written a true story of her family’s escape from communist Hungary post World War II and the Hungarian Revolution. She was age two when the family left. She has an older brother named Gyorgy. Their parents names are Adolf and Kati Egett. The story centers on the love and sacrifice the parents made for their beloved children. The time period is the mid 1950s. Adolf and Kati Egett are aware of people leaving the communist country of Hungary. Some of the people leaving...

Publisher and Publication Date: Broadway Books . Paperback June 20, 2017. Genre: Fiction, India. Pages: 448. Source: I received this copy from Blogging from Books for this review. Rating: Okay. Dinah Jefferies Amazon Summary: Gwendolyn Hooper, age 19, traveled from her home in Gloucestershire, England to the country of Ceylon. The year is 1925. She joined her new husband, Laurence Hooper. Laurence is a widower and a tea planter. He is age 37. They met in England and had a whirlwind relationship. Gwen is dreamy-eyed with love and the expectation of a being a wife.  On board the ship, just as Gwen arrived in Ceylon, she met mysterious Savi Ravasinghe. After attending a party, Gwen became uncomfortable with an American woman who is in a business relationship with Laurence. Early in the story unanswered questions develop for Gwen. What happened to Laurence’s first wife? Why is his behavior so odd for a newlywed? Is the American woman more to Laurence than a business type r...

Publisher and Publication Date: Touchstone. June 20, 2017. Genre: Historical fiction. Pages: 345. Source: Free copy from Touchstone. Rating: Excellent. Amazon The year is 1838. May Bedloe, age 22, is a companion to her cousin, Comfort Vertue, who is an actress. May is the seamstress for Comfort. They are traveling by a steamship named the Moselle, when the boilers burst and exploded. The ship sank in the Ohio river. May, who is a strong swimmer, swam about a mile to the shore. After the accident, Comfort takes refuge and accepts a new career with a notable abolitionist. Comfort became a speaker for this movement. May takes a job with a theater group on a flatboat. The theater boat travels up and down the river between the border states. Those states on the south side are pro-slavery. May had accepted money from Mrs. Howard to begin a new life. Mrs. Howard is the new companion of Comfort. Later, Mrs. Howard wanted her money back. She clarified it was not a gift but a loan. Ma...