Fabulous

Fabulous by Lucy-Hughes-Hallett

Love a good book of short stories. It’s the kind of book to carry along with you on a day of errands when you know you will be in line waiting for your turn.
That does not mean the stories are any less meaningful or powerful than chapters in a novel. They can be even more so, packed full of power in fewer words.(remember Brokeback Mountain/Annie Proulx?)
Hughes-Hallett has given us stories of ordinary people, going through extraordinary circumstances. Drawn from fables, bible stories and Roman myths, you may recognize some of them and others you won’t. But truly all interesting reads.
This author has won many awards for her writing.
Published by Harper Collins Jan 2020

The Astonishing Life of August March/Aaron Jackson

Fantastical. You will have to believe that a newborn baby boy, thrown into the trash in the dressing room of a grand theater in NYC, can not only survive but thrive. INSIDE the theater. An elderly, spinster seamstress found the baby, decided to keep him for her own but couldn’t bring him home...
Alittle Pippi Longstocking, alittle Crawdad Sings, alittle Benjamin Buttons. Maybe some Garp thrown in.
But I have to tell you, I loved this book.
As I read all the incredible things happening in this kids life, I cheered him on! I wanted him to win, against all the odd and odds. And I believe you will, too. Look for it in bookstores in April.
Harper Collins, publisher
Author Aaron Jackson is a writer and comedian. This is his first novel.