Favorite Book of 2016 - Gina Warren Buzby

Writers read!  And here is one of our By the Bay 2 authors’ favorite books of 2016.

Written by Gina Warren Buzby

Book Title: The Nightingale

Author:  Kristin Hannah

Genre: Fiction

Setting:   France. WWII

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Pages:  448

Publication date:  2/2015

Publisher:   St. Martin's Press

Opening Line:  If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: in love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.

Favorite Passage:Men tell stories. Women get on with it. For us it was a shadow war. There were no parades for us when it was over, no medals or mentions in history books. We did what we had to during the war, and when it was over, we picked up the pieces and started our lives over.

Review: Strong women and their stories always draw me in, especially dramatic relationships woven into historical novels.

About the author: Gina Warren Buzby is the author of “Plein Mysterious” in By the Bay: East Beach Stories.  Her next story, “Plein Blackmail” will appear in By The Bay II: More East Beach Stories, to be launched in spring, 2017.  Gina is also one of three writers that collaborated on a story in the upcoming anthology.  The story is titled “The Proposal”.  Gina is (and writes about) a professional fine artist, working out of her Norfolk, VA studio.  Her website is www.GinaWarrenBuzby.com.