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.
The Figurine by Victoria Hislop
Why I have it: The author appeared in the doco, The Marbles.
Summary: When Helena inherits her grandparents’ apartment in Athens, she is overwhelmed with memories of the summers she spent there as a child. Helena discovers that her grandfather, a general in Greece’s brutal military dictatorship, had amassed an array of valuable antiquities. Helena questions how, and what human price was paid for them? Her attempt to make amends for some of her grandfather’s actions sees her wrestle with the meaning of ‘home’, both in relation to looted objects of antiquity, and herself.
I’m thinking: Maybe (it’s very, very long…)
The Mad Wife by Meagan Church
Why I have it: Came up in my Goodreads suggestions because I liked Yesteryear.
Summary: Lulu Mayfield has spent the last five years molding herself into the perfect 1950s housewife. Despite the tragic memories that haunt her and the weight of exhausting expectations, she keeps her husband happy. But after she gives birth to her second child, Lulu’s carefully crafted life begins to unravel. When a new neighbor, Bitsy, moves in, Lulu suspects that something darker lurks behind the woman’s constant smile. As her fixation on Bitsy deepens, Lulu is drawn into a web of unsettling truths that threaten to expose the cracks in her own life.
I’m thinking: Maybe.
Saoirse by Charleen Hurtubise
Why I have it: Spotted on Insta.
Summary: In Michigan, Sarah’s childhood was defined by fear and silence. As a teenager, she saw a chance to escape and took it. Now, in 1999, she is an artist living on the rugged coast of Donegal, Ireland, where she is known as Saoirse – a name that sounds like the sea and means freedom in the language of her adopted country. But no one must learn of the identity she has stolen in order to survive. When her artwork wins unexpected acclaim, the spotlight of fame threatens to unravel the careful lies that hold her world together.
I’m thinking: Maybe.