When this is all overβ¦ IΒ hear that phrase often these days as everyone, me included, wants life in 2020 to go back to βnormalβ as soon as possible, whatever that βnew normalβ will be. For the moment, though, life (and for me, writing), have to go on in lockdown. As...
With the rapid spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, in only a few weeks life as we know it has changed almost beyond recognitionβand in ways unprecedented in my lifetimeβso weβre all adapting to a new normal. Yet, as I stay apart from others (and social distancing is one...
Β Last weekend, something extraordinary happened for my hometown (American) football team. After twenty-nine long years, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers won the Grey Cup, the Canadian Football League (CFL) championship.Β Unlike my late mom, Iβm not a football fan. I gleaned...
One of my favourite series of books, loved in childhood and which I still return to as βcomfort readsβ as an adult, is the Little House stories by American author Laura Ingalls Wilder. Those books taught me about resilience, cheerfulness in the face of difficulties,...
Iβm writing this post from my hometown in the Canadian province of Manitoba, a place I left when I was in my early twenties and, apart from brief visits, I built my adult life elsewhere. Now, though, Iβm doing the final clear-out of my late parentsβ home in...
"The Sweetheart Locket is a sweet historical romance with many unexpected twists & secrets revealed. I absolutely love dual time stories, so the two points of view between Maggie in World War II & Willow in the present day worked well for me."
"A beautiful tale... The format made me want to keep reading." Congratulations @JenGilroy1 on this lovely review of #TheSweetheartLocket from @NovelsAlive. https://novelsalive.com/2022/05/11/5-star-review-the-sweetheart-locket-by-jen-gilroy/?utm_source=Website&utm_medium=Social%20Media%20%26%20Newsletter #amreadingromance #BookTwitter #womensfiction