Arts & Entertainment. In Scotty, Dryden has given his coach a new test: Tell us about all these players and teams you've seen, but imagine yourself as their coach. I don't like being hit over the head with the author's messages every chapter. Then there's Ella, Violet's daughter. Motherly love was steadfast and larger than life. Ella's moments are worries about her secrets, her love for her cat and her desire for more animals to befriend. It's 1944, wartime, on the big Island of Hawaii, in the little town of Honoka'a. Insightful, detailed, honest, beautifully written. "Explaining war things to children took a special kind of measuring. Lightsail in action. Island of sweet pies and soldier of fortune. AMY Bookmobile/Outreach. An actually actionable self help book. More Copies In Prospector. It's 1974 and Willow Greenwood is just out of jail for one of her environmental protests: attempts at atonement for the sins of her father's once vast and rapacious timber empire.
Violet Iverson and her daughter, Ella, live on the beautiful island of Hawaii. Cumberland Headquarters. Hawaii, 1944: Marines come to Hawaii for training, and one is the brother of Jean, a local teacher, who lives with fellow teacher Violet and Violet's daughter, Ella. Written by: Deborah Levy.
Ella's chapters were so innocent, heartbreaking, and had me flipping through the pages. Hot Springs Library. Steele Memorial Library. Casey Duncan Novels, Book 8. Visit Concord Public Library online at. Narrated by: Vienna Pharaon. Review of ISLAND OF SWEET PIES AND SOLDIERS and THE LIEUTENANT'S NURSE by Sara Ackerman. But to arrest innocent people, and lock everyone up in internment camps? The attack on Pearl Harbor – and their knowledge that the Japanese were headed towards the Islands – pulls them back together. Rockingham Outreach. Written by: Lucy Score. This is my #1 Listen. Her descriptions are so vivid and authentic; I felt like I was there. Maggie Valley Library.
An overall great read. Narrated by: Jamie Zubairi. Friendship -- Fiction. Born and raised in Hawaii, she studied journalism and later earned graduate degrees in psychology and Chinese medicine. I enjoyed the relationships playing out between the women: Violet, her roommate, Jean, and their friend Setsuko. THE LIEUTENANT'S NURSE is Sara Ackerman's second historical fiction novel.
But when she's invited back to the elite New England boarding school to teach a course, Bodie finds herself inexorably drawn to the case and its flaws. Confessions of a Book Addict: Audio Book Review: Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers by Sara Ackerman. How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love. Parker serves as a distraction for Violet, reawakening within her feelings she has suppressed since the disappearance of Herman—feelings she refuses to act on until she knows for certain what happened to her husband. Deals with war, racism, murder, love, friendship, and what makes a home.
First described as murder-suicide - belts looped around their necks, they were found seated beside their basement swimming pool - police later ruled it a staged, targeted double murder. Grief changed everything. By addressing its root causes we can not only increase our health span and live longer but prevent and reverse the diseases of aging—including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and dementia. There's mystery and romance in this interesting and entertaining read. Violet is also working and nurturing Ella, who has stopped eating enough and playing. Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers - Audiobook, by Sara Ackerman | Chirp. The two are from different worlds: Munir is a westernized agnostic of Muslim origin; Mohini, a modern Hindu woman. Kelley Armstrong is truly the best! The deep bond of fellowship and love the women of the story share reminds of the deep friendships I am blessed with in my own life, I so wanted to jump in and join their group!