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Historical Fiction January 2023 |
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Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion
by Bushra Rehman
While attending Stuyvesant, a prestigious high school in Manhattan, Razia Mirza, from a tight-knit Muslim-American community, falls in love with Angela, a fellow student, and must choose between her family and her own future when their relationship is discovered.
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The circus train
by Amita Parikh
"Water for Elephants meets The Night Circus in this World War II debut about a magnificent travelling circus, a star-crossed romance, and one girl's coming-of-age during the darkest of times"
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All the Broken Places
by John Boyne
An elderly London resident befriends the little boy who moves in downstairs, but his parents fighting brings her back to her harrowing escape from Nazi Germany at age 12 and grim post-war years in France with her mother.
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The sisters of Sea View
by Julie Klassen
After the death of their father, the Summers sisters open their seaside home to guests to provide for their ailing mother, but instead of the elderly invalids they expect to receive, they find themselves hosting eligible gentleman, forcing them to make some difficult decisions when love enters the picture.
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| Marmee by Sarah MillerWhat it is: a heartwarming, leisurely paced reimagining of classic novel Little Women, from the perspective of the titular March family matriarch.
Read it for: a deeper understanding of the complexities of Margaret March's existence beyond the supporting role she played in the stories of her daughters Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy.
About the author: Sarah Miller writes juvenile nonfiction about historical topics and historical fiction for both children and adults. Her previous adult novel Caroline reimagined the story of the Caroline Ingalls of Little House on the Prairie fame. |
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Mr. Wilder and me
by Jonathan Coe
In 1977 Greece, Calista, a naive young woman, is thrilled to be working for famed Hollywood director Billy Wilder until he, rebuffed by Hollywood, finances his new film with German money, which leads her on a journey into the dark heart of his family history.
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