Blackbird: A Childhood Lost Lauck, Jennifer

Blackbird: A Childhood Lost Lauck, JenniferJennifer Lauck's childhood unraveled in slow motion. First her mother's cancer, then her father's spiral into grief and remarriage to a woman who didn't want her. By the time she's seven, Jenny is navigating a world of loss most adults can't comprehend and she's doing it alone. Lauck writes from the child's perspective without sentimentality, capturing both the confusion of abandonment and the strange resilience kids summon when adults fail them. It's

things get deliciously complicated

the recalibration

Jane Ashford writes Regency romance with warmth and wit

and growing attraction

This engaging guide cuts through the spiritual jargon to help you discover your divine purpose through five surprisingly simple questions

and unapologetically herself

and it shows

The city reeks of cabaret smoke and rising fascism

Her fiancé and best friend are dead — a murder-suicide

methodical

shifts gears here into standalone historical crime territory and nails the atmosphere

the kind of rake London mothers cross the street to avoid