Tag Archives: historical fiction
Rainwater: A Novel by Sandra Brown
The year is 1934. With the country in the stranglehold of drought and economic depression, Ella Barron runs her Texas boardinghouse with an efficiency that ensures her life will be kept in balance. She also cares for her ten-year-old son, … Continue reading
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The Doll Shop Downstairs by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Big folks and little folks who cherish their dolls and memories of play, will enjoy this warm family story. Three little girls living over their parents’ dolls shop in New York help with chores and love the dollies that visit. … Continue reading
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Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
A voyage of discoveries, a meeting of two remarkable women, and extraordinary time and place. From the moment she’s struck by lightning as a baby, it is clear that Mary Anning is marked for greatness. On the windswept, fossil-strewn beaches … Continue reading
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Captain Alatriste by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
“He was not the most honest of men, nor the most pious one, but he was a brave man“… with these words begins Captain Alatriste, the story of a veteran soldier-of the “Tercios de Flandes” who survives as a swordsman … Continue reading
Let the Great World Spin: A Novel by Colum McCann
I’m adding my voice to the chorus of praise McCann’s novel, Let the Great World Spin, has received. Set in August of 1974, Philippe Petit will walk on a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center. One … Continue reading
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