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The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani

April 25, 2018

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Set in 1947 The Night Diary is the story of twelve-year-old twins, Amil and Nisha, who live in what was once India but has now, almost overnight, turned into Pakistan. Their mother, who died giving ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1940s, book clubs, childhood, India, religion, young adult

White Houses

March 7, 2018

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Lenora Hickok was a formidable woman for her time. In fact, she’d probably still be considered a formidable woman. From a childhood of deprivation and abuse she went on to become a renowned reporter, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1940s, historical fiction, Random House, women

As Close to Us as Breathing

March 23, 2016

as close to us

  Sisters Ada, Vivie, and Bec inherited their family’s cabin on the Connecticut shore and now they convene every summer, staying with their children during the week while their husbands drive up ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1940s, book clubs, family saga, historical fiction, Lee Boudreaux Books, literary, New England

Mudbound

February 10, 2016

  In 1939, at age thirty-one Laura is considered almost unmarriageable. All of her siblings have married and left the family home in Memphis. She has resigned herself to the fate of ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1940s, Algonquin Books, book clubs, debut, historical fiction, literary, racism, Southern life

At the Water’s Edge

November 6, 2015

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  Water for Elephants author Sara Gruen returns with another novel set in a location that is likely to draw readers in. At the Water’s Edge takes place in a tiny village in the Highlands of ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1940s, historical fiction, Scotland, WWII

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