Rhino in the Room
bookends by Fran cain Rhino in the Room by Jill Hedgecock (2018, Goshawk Press, paperback, 307 pages, $11.99) is part safari guide and part eye-opener about the illegal hunting, or…
My Name is Memory
Bookends by Jill Hedgecock, Program Director for Mount Diablo California Writer’s Club My Name is Memory (2011, Riverhead Books, 352 pages, $7.57) by Ann Brashares is the story of reincarnation,…
An Interview with Jill Hedgecock: Writer in the Room
Jill Hedgecock, among many other things, writes our book review column. Her book “Rhino in the Room” has recently been released, a powerful story of a young woman’s African safari…
Wintergirls
BOOK REVIEW by Jill Hedgecock, Program Coordinator, Mt. Diablo California Writer’s Club http://writerotj.wordpress.com It’s no secret that American culture equates a woman’s beauty with a thin, shapely body. In Wintergirls…
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Review by Jill Hedgecock Program Coordinator, Mount Diablo Branch of the California Writers Club www.jillhedgecock.com A secret key, a young girl’s curiosity, and a man under house arrest lead to…
Luckiest Girl Alive
Review by Jill Hedgecock Program Coordinator, Mount Diablo Branch of the California Writers Club www.jillhedgecock.com Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll (2016, Simon & Schuster, paperback, 368 pages, $9.51) has…
The Girl with All the Gifts
Book Ends Review by Jill Hedgecock Program Coordinator, Mount Diablo Branch of the California Writers Club www.jillhedgecock.com Fans of the hit television show “The Walking Dead” will absolutely love “The…
At the Edge of the Orchard
Review by Jill Hedgecock Program Coordinator, Mount Diablo Branch of the California Writers Club www.jillhedgecock.com In At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier (2016, hardcover, Viking, 289 pages,…
The Dog Master: A Novel of the First Dog
Review by Jill Hedgecock Program Coordinator, Mount Diablo Branch of the California Writers Club www.jillhedgecock.com The Dog Master: A Novel of the First Dog (2016, Forge Books, paperback, 416 pages,…
The Life We Bury
Review by Jill Hedgecock Program Coordinator, Mount Diablo Branch of the California Writers Club www.jillhedgecock.com Fathers come in all different forms. In The Life We Bury (2014, Seventh Street Books,…
Circling the Sun
Review by Jill Hedgecock Program Coordinator, Mount Diablo Branch of the California Writers Club www.jillhedgecock.com Circling the Sun (2015, Random House LLC, hardcover, $17.03, 385 pages) by Paula McClain has…
Book Ends “The Crossing”
Review by Jill Hedgecock Program Coordinator, Mount Diablo Branch of the California Writers Club The Crossing (2015, Hieronymus, Inc. hardcover, $16.92, 388 pages) by Michael Connelly exemplifies Connelly’s mastery at…