A poignant and very interesting book about a quite ordinary girl who marries into an extraordinary family. If this wasn't enough to make a great story add the tragic events that surrounded her life - the devastating cancer and ultimate death of her husband and the death of her best friend Carolyn Kennedy and her husband's cousin, John Kennedy Jr. The book reads very easily and you are swept along by the inevitable events. Its one of those stories that even though you know the ending, it keeps you enthralled and entranced until the end.

Incredibly interesting book about a Chinese girl in love with a man whom she cannot have who then becomes a ghost and is "with" him as a phantom. Incredible descriptions of Chinese rural life, footbinding, womens' place in old Chinese society and many other aspects of Chinese life that is little known in the majority community. A very absorbing read.

Absorbing look at the emergence of the office of the president as the commander-in-chief. Excellent work by McPherson (as always)