Stacy DeBroff

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5 stars!Connelly introduces us to an awesome new police detective hero Harry Stilwell, who much like Harry Bosch, gets himself in frequent trouble with the upper brass in pursuing justice but stands resolute in his quest for the truth. Harry Stilwell has been transferred as punishment by his superiors to Santa Catalina Island off the coast from L.A.- an outpost to which the L.A. County Sheriff’s department exiles political troublemakers.

3 weeks ago | momcentral.com | Stacy DeBroff |Stacy Debroff

(Young Adult, ages 8-12)5 starsThis young adult’s novel, a wondrous collaboration between best-selling adult novelist Marie Benedict and young adult writer Courtney Sheinmel, offers up a young teen’s perspective about meeting Albert Einstein’s brilliant wife Mileva Einstein, who’s behind the scenes work significantly contributed to Einstein’s famous equation and who gets featured in Benedicts’ fabulous adult novel, The Other Einstein (which all grown-ups need to read in tandem!).

1 month ago | momcentral.com | Stacy DeBroff |Stacy Debroff

5 starsA not-to-be-missed women’s historical fiction based on the first female undergraduates allowed to matriculate to Oxford University post-World War I. Coming from disparate backgrounds, four women find themselves sharing the same 4-room corridor at St. Hugh’s College in 1920. As they live in Corridor 8, they come to call themselves The Eights and form a tighter collective friendship than any of them could have imagined.

1 month ago | momcentral.com | Stacy DeBroff |Stacy Debroff

5 starsWhat a amazing book!! This poignant family drama centers on a North Dakota reunion of the “Extraordinary Endicotts” – four siblings who have been estranged from each other for over three years after a dramatic sibling fight broke out between them. They’ve been summoned together by their sister, the ultra-famous Jude, who’s just been Oscar nominated for her acting and has paid for the trip.

1 month ago | momcentral.com | Stacy DeBroff |Stacy Debroff

4 starsThis story, partially set in my hometown of Newton, MA, along with the streets of Shanghai, in part brings powerfully alive the consequences of well-to-do American families adopting unwanted Chinese girls during the era of Chinese one-child policy and the preference for male heirs. It’s also in part about a family’s estrangement from their oldest (white) daughter, Lindsey Litzvak, who has moved to live in Shanghai as a call girl.