Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. This week, all three come via Susan’s post about April new releases.

Lonely Crowds by Stephanie Wambugu

Summary: Ruth, an only child of recent immigrants, lives in an emotionally cold home and attends a local girl’s school on a scholarship. There she meets Maria, a beautiful orphan, who’s also on a scholarship. Ruth is drawn into Maria’s orbit, and they fall into an intense friendship, which remains through college and then into the early-nineties art world of New York. Their lives converge and diverge until one final and fateful confrontation.

I’m thinking: No.

Everything That is Beautiful by Louise Nealon

Summary: For Niamh Ryan, the Foleys are family. Her childhood flew by on their farm, playing with her best friend Peter and his sister Kate, while being doted on by their parents. Now, following a distressing series of events, those ties are strained. As a family wedding looms, Niamh and the Foleys find themselves face to face once again and the knotty love that has bound them might just bring them back together again.

I’m thinking: Yes.

Other Women (and Other Stories) by Nicola Maye Goldberg

Summary: After dropping out of college, a young woman wanders through New York, studying the city and longing for a man she knows will never love her back. She thinks she finds salvation when Charlotte Herzfeld, the wife of a successful businessman, hires her as a live-in nanny to accompany the family on their trip to Berlin. As the Herzfelds begin to crack under the weight of their secrets, she finds herself in a more precarious position than ever before.

I’m thinking: Yes.