Cherise's Adult Picks

Sarah is loving her latest book club selection, Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls.For the first 10 years of her life, Lily Casey Smith, the narrator of this true-life novel by her granddaughter, Walls, lived in a dirt dugout in west Texas. Assailed by flash floods, tornadoes and droughts, Lily never gets far from hardscrabble drudgery in several states—New Mexico, Arizona, Illinois—but hers is one of those heartwarming stories about indomitable women that will always find an audience.

Cherise loves this book! Ellen is a reporter and mother to the young boy she adopted. Her world is changed completely when she finds a postcard in her mail that reads "Have you seen this child?" over a picture that looks just like her son. This is an amazing novel with heart-stopping suspense, action and an ending that I never expected. A terrific read!

The Walk by Richard Paul Evans is an amazing work of fiction. The characters in this book became so real for me that I started looking for updates about them on the evening news. When Alan Christoffersen loses everything he decided to walk across the country, and you'll want to hear about every step of his journey! Also look for the sequel, Miles to Go.

An incredible story told by Enzo (a dog) and his life with his owner, Denny. Enzo wants to be a human in his next life and this is his story of how he tries to get there and the lives he touches along the way. This is a must-read for all dog-lovers!

Cherise and Marc both loved The Last Child, by John Hart. A year after 12-year-old Alyssa Merrimon disappeared on her way home from the library in an unnamed rural North Carolina town, her twin brother, Johnny, continues to search the town, street by street, even visiting the homes of known sex offenders, in this chilling novel from Edgar-winner Hart.