Nevermore 12-16-25
Reported by Rita
The Daughters Of Yalta: The Churchills,
Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War by Catherine
Grace Katz
The untold story of the three intelligent and glamorous young
women who accompanied their famous fathers to the Yalta Conference in February
1945, and of the conference’s fateful reverberations in the waning days of
World War II. Tensions during the Yalta Conference in February 1945 threatened
to tear apart the wartime alliance among Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill,
and Joseph Stalin just as victory was close at hand. Catherine Grace Katz
uncovers the dramatic story of the three young women who were chosen by their
fathers to travel with them to Yalta, each bound by fierce family loyalty,
political savvy, and intertwined romances that powerfully colored these crucial
days.
This was an easy read and I found it very interesting. - WJ 5 stars
The Last Ferry Out by Andrea Bartz
On a trip to the tropical paradise where her fiancée died, a
young woman begins to suspect the death was no accident—and the killer’s still
on the island. As her quest for the truth unearths dark secrets, shady pasts,
and a web of lies, Abby grows more determined than ever to find out what
happened to the love of her life. And the deeper she gets in the close-knit
expat community, the more she suspects one of them is Eszter's killer—and will
do anything to keep the truth buried. But will she discover who it is before
she becomes the island’s next victim?
It was slow to start but got really good toward the end. It
had a good surprising ending. - GP
4 stars
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love,
Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst
The electrifying true story of a young couple shipwrecked at a
mind-blowing tale of obsession, survival, and partnership stretched to its
limits. Maurice and Maralyn make an odd couple. He’s a loner, awkward and
obsessive; she’s charismatic and ambitious. But they share a horror of wasting
their lives. And they dream – as we all dream – of running away from it all.
What if they quit their jobs, sold their house, bought a boat, and sailed away?
Most of us begin and end with the daydream. But Maurice began to study nautical
navigation. Maralyn made detailed lists of provisions. And in June 1972, they
set sail. For nearly a year all went well, until deep in the Pacific, a breaching
whale knocked a hole in their boat and it sank beneath the waves. What ensues
is a jaw-dropping fight to survive in the wild ocean, with little hope of
rescue. Alone together for months in a tiny rubber raft, starving and
exhausted, Maurice and Maralyn have to find not only ways to stay alive but
ways to get along, as their inner demons emerge and their marriage is put to
the greatest of tests. Although they could run away from the world, they can’t
run away from themselves.
The writing is wonderful. I loved it. - AH 5 stars
Other
Books Mentioned
A Christmas Carol by
Charles Dickens
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater
Bruno, Chief of Police (Bruno,
Chief of Police, #1) by Martin Walker
Bringing Home Animals: Religious Ideology and Mode
of Production of the Mistassini Cree Hunters by Adrian Tanner
Where Are They Buried?: How Did They Die? Fitting
Ends and Final Resting Places of the Famous, Infamous, and Noteworthy by Tod
Benoit
