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Historical Fiction March 2020
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The scent keeper
by Erica Bauermeister
A young woman raised on a remote island with a father who identifies the scents of the natural world makes illuminating discoveries about her identity and a mysterious cache of fragrances. By the best-selling author of Joy for Beginners
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| To the Edge of Sorrow by Aharon AppelfeldWhat it is: the haunting and heartwrenching story of a group of Jewish partisans who, after escaping from a ghetto, create a hideout deep in the Ukrainian forest and try to save other Jews from the increasingly frenetic pace of concentration camp deportations near the end of the war.
About the author: Romanian-born award-winning novelist and Holocaust survivor Aharon Appelfeld became one of the world's foremost Hebrew-language writers, despite not learning the language until adulthood. His most famous works include Badenheim 1939 and Blooms of Darkness. He passed away in 2018. |
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The Illness Lesson
by Clare Beams
Interpreting a mysterious flock of red birds as an omen to pursue his newest venture, a once-famous philosopher opens a revolutionary school to shape the intellectual development of women, before his students’ bizarre symptoms reveal otherworldly secrets.
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| Run Me to Earth by Paul YoonWhat it's about: As the war in Vietnam spills over the border into Laos, three orphaned teenagers bond with each other and with the French-educated doctor they help scavenge for supplies. After the doctor finds a way for them to escape the country, a freak accident will radically alter the fate of this makeshift family forever.
Read it for: the spare, elegant writing and the haunting settings, such as the beautiful yet decrepit colonial mansion-turned-hospital that brings the characters together.
Did you know? During the Vietnam War, the U.S. dropped more bombs on Laos than were used in World War II against Japan and Germany combined. |
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The lost book of Adana Moreau : a novel
by Michael Zapata
Decades after a 1929 Dominican immigrant writer passes away believing her final manuscript was destroyed, a Chicago lawyer discovers the book and endeavors to learn the woman’s remarkable story against the backdrop of Hurricane Katrina.
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The night watchman : a novel
by Louise Erdrich
A historical novel based on the life of the National Book Award-winning author’s grandfather traces the experiences of a Chippewa Council night watchman in mid-19th-century rural North Dakota who fights Congress to enforce Native American treaty rights.
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Things in Jars
by Jess Kidd
Woman detective Bridie Devine investigates the kidnapping of a nobleman’s illegitimate daughter, whose reputed supernatural powers have captured the attention of sinister collectors in the underworld’s curiosities trade.
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