Delicious descriptions: Brooke Davis on salmon gums

August 23, 2014May 1, 2019 / Whispering Gums / 14 Comments

In my recent review of Brooke Davis' novel Lost & found I mentioned her descriptions but didn't really give any examples. I can't leave this book without giving you two that involve a rather interesting tree. It also gives me an opportunity to share my photographs of one! They are beautiful (though my photographs don't … Continue reading Delicious descriptions: Brooke Davis on salmon gums

Brooke Davis, Lost & found (Review)

August 18, 2014November 23, 2018 / Whispering Gums / 21 Comments

I must say that my antennae go up when I hear a book being touted as a publishing sensation even before it is published, as Brooke Davis' recently published debut novel Lost & found, was. What does that mean? That it was the subject of a mega-dollar bidding war like, say, Hannah Kent's Burial rites? Well, … Continue reading Brooke Davis, Lost & found (Review)