September 13, 2010 / Leslie

Mailbox Monday ~ September 13th

Mailbox Monday is touring through blogs. In September it is hosted by Bermudaonion’s Weblog.

Mailbox Monday was created by The Printed Page. It is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their home last week.

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In my mailbox last week:

A copy of The Unwanted by Daniel L. Carter provided by the author for review.

An explosion shatters the night sky…. Smoke and flames erupt over the city of Chicago. FBI Agent Nick Catlin watches helplessly as their only lead straps on a glider and leaps off a high rooftop, soaring toward Lake Michigan. They’ve lost him, again. The crime scenes always fit the same pattern-five babies are among the casualties. Fourteen months later, though, in New York, no infant bodies are found. Nick’s gut tells him the killer was somehow interrupted in his work and that he won’t stop until he tracks down those children and finishes what he started. Oklahoma rancher Leigh Barrus is barely making ends meet when his estranged niece, Janet, shows up at his ranch with five babies in tow. The terrifying tale she tells him about genetic experiments is only the beginning of the shocking truths.

A copy of The Grief Club by Melody Beattie won from Stephanie Barko’s book-a-day giveaway.

How to move on after a major loss, such as the death of a loved one, the end of a career, or a health crisis.

After author Melody Beattie’s son died, she found herself welcomed into new “club,” a circle of people who had lived through the tragic loss of a child. This was not the first club in which she unwittingly found herself. Years earlier she found herself in Twelve Step groups, first balking, then later embracing the healing principles that she now credits with saving her life. But life, Ms. Beattie writes, is all about change. Not only do loved ones die, but once successful careers can careen out of control and debilitating diseases can rob you of future plans.