Bonnie Jack

This is a quick, easy read, good for a summer day on the beach or at the cottage or in a Muskoka chair in the back yard. Jack Anderson was abandoned by his mother in a Glasgow movie theatre when he was six years old. She left to take his sister Moira to the washroom and never returned. He is now a su......more

Jack was abandoned by his mother in a theatre in Scotland in the 1930's. Fifty years later, he is wealthy, successful, and contemplating retirement. So he shocks his family by telling them that he was actually adopted and has done some tracing and found his Scottish family. Off he goes "across the p......more

Nothing really happened. I kept reading to make sure, but it’s for sure a book with zero twists or revelations.......more

As a lawyer, it was difficult to root for some of the “victories” in this book. On the other hand, I really enjoyed the writing style and pacing, and learning that it was based on the authors fathers real life was so cool!......more

See my full review here. "Bloody Jack" Anderson is a ruthless American businessman, on the brink of retirement, with a secret. At a family dinner, he shocks his wife and adult children when he announces he has been keeping a secret from them for decades – he has a sister in Scotland, and has found he......more