This great line is from Patrick Ryan’s historical novel exploring the intertwined lives, secrets, and complex marriagaes of two couples. I didn’t love the book. It was long and sad.…
This great line from Annie Hartnett’s latest novel, The Road to Tender Hearts, asserts that there are three things a person needs to be happy. “Something to do; someone to…
Serious, funny, relatable and unique—a perfect combination—I loved Alison Espach’s novel, The Wedding People. Phoebe, a recently divorced, depressed forty-year-old woman, offers this great line to a young, wealthy, self-centered…
After almost six years of publishing great lines here, I decided I’ve earned the right to offer my readers three great lines together: “The thing you have to learn is…
This great line from Monica Wood’s latest novel, How to Read a Book, holds a few meanings for me. The story focuses on the positive influence human connections have in…
This great line from Julietta Henderson’s uplifting debut novel, The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman, made me think that “niceness” does not encapsulate my personality. I’m not being self-deprecating when…
One week after I read this great line in Laura Spence-Ash’s debut novel, Beyond That, the Sea, my thoughts turned to our almost thirteen-year-old canine family member. As we helped…
This great line from Ashely Poston’s recent novel, The Seven Year Slip, made me think that I probably lived in the same place my entire life (until a year ago)…
This great line from Kelley McNeil’s novel, Mayluna, further suggested that we all have personal soundtracks behind our stories. So true. 8-track tapes of Sonny & Cher and The Mommas and the…
This great line, from Lisa See's Lady Tan's Circle of Women, struck me as important. Set in 15th century China, the book takes inspiration from a female physician of that…