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Historical Fiction February 2023 |
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At the edge of the orchard
by Tracy Chevalier
Settling in the swamps of early 19th-century northwest Ohio, the Goodenough family works relentlessly to establish an apple orchard that reflects respective dreams before their youngest child heads to Gold Rush California to collect seeds for a naturalist. By the best-selling author of Girl With a Pearl Earring. (historical fiction). Simultaneous.
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Moth
by Melody Razak
What it's about: In this gritty, character-driven debut, the Partition of India tears society apart while the clash between new and old ideas tears one high-caste Hindu family apart.
How it starts: Though worldly university professors Bappu and Ma think that 14 would normally be too young to marry, they arrange a marriage for their daughter Alma hoping it will protect her during the anticipated Partition upheaval. When the wedding is later called off, questions of honor and obligation start dividing the family against itself.
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A god in ruins : a novel
by Kate Atkinson
A companion to the best-selling Life After Life follows the experiences of Ursula's younger brother Teddy, who, throughout the decades following wartime service he never expected to survive, struggles with family life against a backdrop of a changing world. 150,000 first printing.
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A Hero of France
by Alan Furst
Introducing: a Frenchman known only as "Matthieu," who leads a resistance cell that rescues downed British pilots and returns them to England so that they can rejoin the fight.
What happens: So successful are Matthieu and his associates that they begin to attract unwanted attention from friend and foe alike.
What sets it apart: Unlike most previous books in the Night Soldiers series, which are set during the Interwar period, this suspenseful 13th installment takes place during WWII.
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A killing in Zion : a mystery
by Andrew E. Hunt
A Mormon deputy in 1930s Salt Lake City is asked to head the Anti-Polygamy Squad and must venture into a world of religious extremists after a vocal marriage pluralist is found murdered with a shell-shocked young woman at the crime scene.
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The lacuna : a novel
by Barbara Kingsolver
Harrison William Shepherd, a highly observant writer, is caught between two worlds--in Mexico, working for communists Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and Leon Trotsky, and later in America, where he his caught up in the patriotism of World War II--in a gripping story about identity and the power of words by the best-selling author of The Poisonwood Bible. (Historical fiction). Simultaneous.
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A devil in Scotland
by Suzanne Enoch
Widow Rebecca Sanderson, in order to protect her young daughter, is forced to accept a marriage proposal from a Duke until her late husband’s brother, Callum MacCreath, returns from America and sweeps her off her feet. By a New York Times best-selling author. Original.
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A flicker in the dark
by Stacy Willingham
Twenty years after her father was arrested as a serial killer, Louisiana psychologist Chloe Davis becomes alarmed when local teenage girls once again go missing and she begins seeing parallels that may or may not be there.
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The Girl in the Blue Beret
by Bobbie Ann Mason
A tale inspired by a true story traces the efforts of a family man who tracks down the French Resistance members who saved his life decades earlier, a quest for healing and closure during which he falls in love with a woman who was among his rescuers. By the American Book Award finalist author of In Country. 35,000 first printing.
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Ribbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolution's Women
by Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie, Sophie Perinot, Heather Webb, and E. Knight
What it's about: the French Revolution, as seen through the eyes of six complex women, each brought to life by a different author.
Why you might like it: This well-researched collaborative novel by an impressive roster of historical fiction writers includes portraits of real-life women both famous (Charlotte Corday, Princess Élisabeth of France) and lesser-known (Louise Reine Audu, Pauline Léon).
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