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Books: The Seaside Sisters & Doyle's World Lost & Found
Today we are talking about The Seaside Sisters by Pamela Kelley. After the death of her mother Brooklyn-based author, Hannah returns to her hometown of Chatham, Cape Cod for the summer where she runs into Spencer an old classmate. Meanwhile, her sister Sara is dealing with four growing boys and a husband who takes her for granted while their aunt is dealing with a crisis in her marriage.
While there are some cute couples in this book, it doesn't feel very original but like something you've read before. The main couple spends most of the time not even being a couple, and all of the conflicts in the book seem to resolve too easily. Still, the characters are likable, and there's some really nice family vibes and friendships in the book. There is romance too just not enough of it if you're really in it for that.
Today we are talking about Doyle's World Lost & Found by Daniel Friedman, M.D, and Eugene Friedman, M.D. This book examines the life of Arthur Conan Doyle and how it influenced his writing. Doyle comes off much better in this book, at least at first, than he did in the duos' previous book where they more or less painted him as Jack the Ripper. However, later when they start discussing things like his insistence that England and the United States would eventually reunite and his staunch belief in spiritualists and spiritualism despite any evidence to the contrary, he does not come off as well.
The book also argues that Doyle purposely attributed two short stories that he wrote to his mentor instead. In addition to presenting the authors' argument supporting this belief, they also include the full text of both stories.
Today we are talking about The Evil Fairy Queen. A woman and her family are lured back to her childhood home by evil fairies to fulfill a nefarious prophecy. Although the story is quick and fairly easily resolved, it holds your attention. Plus, there are some really nice family vibes in the film.
The Evil Fairy Queen is available on DVD as well as for purchase or rental digitally.
And that's our view. Tune in tomorrow for Where-To-Go Wednesday.
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