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Historical Fiction May 2020
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My name is Sally Little Song
by Brenda Woods
When Master decides to sell Sally and her brother, the family escapes and seeks shelter with a tribe of Seminoles, who adopt runaway slaves, where Sally, unable to adjust to Indian ways, must let go of the past and embrace her new culture.
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| The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế MaiWhat it is: the sweeping and lyrical multigenerational saga of one family in Vietnam, from the height of the French colonial era to the late 1970s.
Narrated by: Diệu Lan, who lost her life of privilege in the 1930s, weathered the Japanese occupation in the 1940s, and made difficult choices during the famine of the 1950s; Diệu Lan's granddaughter Huong, who develops her survival skills amidst the tumultuous and traumatic years of the American War. |
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A Woman's Equal Share
by Geegan Bridget Blanton
Chicago. 1889. Irish born Kate O'Rourke rises from obscurity to notoriety as a network of suffrage journals across America print her essay arguing for the vote for women. Provocation of the status quo brings violence to Kate's doorstep. Kate physically survives the assault with her passion intact only to come face-to-face with elitism and prejudice within the suffrage movement. A Woman's Equal Share, an historically-grounded sequel to Blanton's debut novel, Whispers on the Wind, transports readers to a world behind the demonstrations, politics and competing strategies to forward the women's vote referendum. Kate works through the darkness of self-doubt in the company of strong women, a growing trust in God and the love of a good man as she emerges surefooted on the path of her destiny. Kate's journey takes shape against the background scenery of coastal Ireland, urban Chicago and the Santa Ynez mountains of California. -- Hoopla
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A Single Thread
by Tracy Chevalier
Facing limited prospects after the loss of her loved ones, a woman joins a circle of embroiderers continuing a centuries-long tradition at the Winchester Cathedral. By the best-selling author of Girl With a Pearl Earring.
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The Twisted Heart
by Rebecca Gowers
Oxford graduate student Kitt Farr has always been most at home in the Old Bodleian Library, but even she needs a break from her research into Victorian Era violence. Taking a dance class seems like a bit of a stretch—until she meets a cute classmate, mysterious math lecturer Joe Leppard. Then, as Kitt and Joe find a budding romance between them, Kitt finds something sinister in the stacks: an unsolved murder in 1838 with an unsettling connection to the young Charles Dickens.
Half a century before Jack the Ripper, a London prostitute known as The Countess was murdered in a way that eerily mirrors the events in Oliver Twist. Now Kitt and Joe are out to uncover how Dickens became tangled up with this horrendous crime. -- Sunflower eLibrary
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| Miss Emily by Nuala O'ConnorWhat it's about: the unexpectedly close friendship that develops between young housemaid Ada Concannon and "Miss Emily," none other than celebrated American poet Emily Dickinson, with insight into each woman's mind as they alternate narrating each chapter.
Fresh off the boat: Irish immigrant Ada quickly lands a job in Amherst after arriving in America, where her irreverent personality and love of nature endear her to Miss Emily. Emily soon begins to confide in Ada and their bond deepens, but will be tested when tragedy strikes their quiet world. |
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Along the infinite sea : a novel
by Beatriz Williams
Fixing up and selling a rare vintage Mercedes in the hopes of earning enough to provide for her illegitimate baby, Pepper Schuyler is taken under the wing of the car's owner and learns about its astonishing ties to star-crossed lovers in pre-World War II Europe.
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| The Secret Wife of Aaron Burr by Susan Holloway ScottBased on: oral histories that claim Aaron Burr fathered illegitimate children with an enslaved woman named Mary Emmons who worked in his home.
Starring: Calcutta-born Mary, a sympathetic young woman who fights to maintain her sense of self as she tends to Burr's dying wife Theodosia and navigates the power imbalance surrounding her relationship with the notorious statesman.
You might also like: Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, which also delves into the sexual power dynamics of enslaved women and their masters. |
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