Category Archives: Chick Lit

Rose in Bloom

Posted on 17 January 2020 by Barbara Howe

The flurry of news articles about the latest movie adaptation of Luisa May Alcott’s Little Women prompted me to pull one of her less well-known novels off my bookshelf. I’ve read Little Women and its sequels, Little Men and Jo’s … Continue reading →

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Julie and Romeo

Posted on 13 August 2017 by Barbara Howe

Category: Chick lit for older women. Contains mild sex, violence, and profanity Can you imagine Romeo and Juliet retold with the two lovers being 60-year-old grandparents? I wouldn’t have either, but I’m glad Jeanne Ray did, because her novel Julie … Continue reading →

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