I recently blogged about The Frozen River, another novel by Ariel Lawhon. I am not sure why I have not heard of this author before, […]
The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon
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Tag: historical fiction
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Synopsis: Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause […]
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The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Henry
Link Synopsis: In the war-torn London of 1939, fourteen-year-old Hazel and five-year-old Flora are evacuated to a rural village to escape the horrors of the […]
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The Other Gwyn Girl by Nicola Cornick
Synopsis: 1671 – London The Civil War is over and Charles II, the ‘Merry Monarch’, is revelling in the throne of his murdered father and […]
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The Women by Kristin Hannah
Synopsis: When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her […]
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All the Broken Places by John Boyne
“When is a monster’s child culpable? Guilt and complicity are multifaceted. John Boyne is a maestro of historical fiction. You can’t prepare yourself for the […]
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Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner
Synopsis link (click) Psalm 139:13-14 “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am […]
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What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman
Synopsis (Amazon link): Ten years ago, Izzy Stone’s mother fatally shot her father while he slept. Devastated by her mother’s apparent insanity, Izzy, now seventeen, […]
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
What’s the irony on the day I finally decide to write about this book that it would be announced that this story is being created […]
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In a few days, millions will be traveling the road to visit family or take a brief vacation. Teachers, who according to research makes around […]
