www.womanthismonth.com July 2017 LIFESTYLE | books 55 The Sunshine Sisters by Jane Green Ronni Sunshine fled London for Hollywood, where she became a huge star and eventually had three kids. When illness befalls her and she discovers she is dying, Ronni summons her estranged daughters to help her end her life. The Shark Club by Ann Kidd Taylor Ever since getting bitten by a shark at the age of 12, Maeve has been obsessed with them. Years later, she returns to her hometown and discovers an illegal shark finning operation and gets in on the case. Our Little Racket by Angelica Baker Set against the backdrop of the financial crisis of 2008, five women face the repercussions of the actions of the one man they call husband, friend, father, son and employer. The Chalk Artist by Allegra Goodman Collin is an artist who does his work in chalk, content to let it be washed away day after day. Nina is an idealistic teacher. When these two fall in love, Nina introduces Collin to her father, a video game mogul who has created a virtual-reality game that one of Nina's students is obsessed with. The Lost Letter by Jillian Cantor When Katie goes to have her father's stamp collection appraised, an unusual World War II-era Austrian stamp is discovered. Could this stamp be a part of the resistance movement, used to send secret messages? Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong When Ruth is dumped by her fiancé, she quits her job and goes home. Home, however, is not quite how she left it, as her father, once a wellknown history professor, is now suffering from Alzheimer's. Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown When a beautiful Berkley mum disappears on a hike, her husband and daughter Olive are left to deal with the aftermath. Olive begins experiencing strange visions of her mother, in which she is alive, and sets off to discover the truth.
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