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Rutherford Park

July 12, 2013

Rutherford Park

  Rutherford Park is the estate of the Cavendish family and like any good British estate, it is rife with intrigue and drama. Elizabeth Cooke captures all the details, upstairs and downstairs, in her ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 20th century, England, family saga, historical fiction

Life After Life

April 24, 2013

Life After Life

  Ursula Todd is born at home in the winter of 1910, but without medical supervision she dies before she can take her first breath. In succeeding chapters, she returns and each time a twist of fate ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 20th century, book clubs, family saga, historical fiction, Reagan Arthur Books

The Orchardist

March 6, 2013

The Orchardist

It’s already been said but bears repeating: Amanda Coplin’s The Orchardist is a stunning debut; the story of a plot of land and the people who shape it while it shapes them. When William Talmadge is ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, debut, family saga, Harper, historical fiction, Pacific Northwest

Wise Men

March 1, 2013

Wise Men

In Wise Men, we meet Arthur Wise the man who created class action lawsuits when he sued an airline company after their flight crashed in the 1950s. From being a brash, rude, arrogant and penniless ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1950s, debut, family saga, historical fiction, Reagan Arthur Books

Wicked Pleasures

December 7, 2012

Wicked Pleasures

When it comes to British multi-generational family dramas no one does it better than Penny Vincenzi. Her books are Dynasty and Dallas on the page. In her latest, Wicked Pleasures, she follows the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 20th century, book clubs, England, family saga, historical fiction, The Overlook Press

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