Sixtyfive Roses - A Sister's Memoir by Heather Summerhayes Cariou

One of the most readable memoirs I've ever read. Another one-day read! For the first time, I'm going to quote from the Globe and Mail list because they have it exactly right: Sixtyfive Roses is a love letter, a thank-you note, a defence, a please, a setting straight, a reaching out. From me now: It is also a page-turner, and heartwrenching without being soppy.

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

Not quite as good as Fingersmith for me. Although the chronology is interesting, 1947 - then 1944 - then 1941 - I felt there was a lot left unsaid that I wanted to tie up. But as a story - unputtdownable - another one-day read!