This book is one of the best of 2016! The novel centers around Count Alexander Rostov who is exiled to the Metropol Hotel because the Bolsheviks accuse him of being an unrepentant aristocrat.

The hotel is across from the Kremlin where The Count can observe the changing government for the next 30 or so years. The Count lives his life with grace and dignity. This is a must read for readers
who like historical fiction and strong characters.

Reviewed by Terri

Patchett writes about the dissolutions of two marriages and the fallout for the families. Bert cousins falls in love with Beverly Keating at her child’s christening and thus begins the ends of the two marriages. The story spans five decades and shows how the Cousin and Keating children form a lasting bond.

Reviewed by Terri.