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Historical Fiction August 2020
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Welcome to the August Historical Fiction Newsletter! There is still time to sign up for the Adult Summer Reading Program (ASRP), if you have not already done so. The ASRP runs from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Any book, ebook or audio book you have completed during this time frame can count and material does not need to come from our library. You do need to register online or at one of our branches. Then you fill out a reading log for every five books that you have read. Drop off or mail in the reading logs and they get entered in a drawing for prizes! Not only do you have the pleasure of reading or listening to books, you have the chance to win prizes too! |
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The Island of sea women by Lisa See The ostracized daughter of a Japanese collaborator and the daughter of their Korean village's head female diver share nearly a century of friendship that is tested by their island's torn position between two warring empires.
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A thousand moons : a novel by Sebastian BarryRaised by unconventional adoptive parents on a Tennessee farm, an orphaned Lakota child pursues a life for herself beyond the violence and dispossession of her past. By the award-wining author of Days Without End.
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hundred suns by Karin Tanabe "An evocative historical novel set in 1930's Indochine, about the American wife of a Michelin heir who journeys to the French colony in the name of family fortune, and the glamorous, tumultuous world she finds herself in-and the truth she may be running from. Cast against the stylish backdrop of 1930s Indochine, in a time and place defined by contrasts and convictions, A Hundred Suns is historical fiction at its lush, suspenseful best"
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The nickel boys : a novel by Colson Whitehead A follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning, The Underground Railroad, follows the harrowing experiences of two African-American teens at an abusive reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida
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The giver of stars by Jojo Moyes Volunteering for Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library in small-town Kentucky, an English bride joins a group of independent women whose commitment to their job transforms the community and their relationships. By the best-selling author of Me Before You.
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Under occupation : a novel by Alan Furst A historical novel based on the true stories of Polish prisoners in Nazi Germany finds a young member of the French resistance in occupied Paris navigating increasingly dangerous assignments and the machinations of an enigmatic spy.
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The Grace Kelly dress : a novel by Brenda Janowitz The iconic wedding dress of Grace Kelly inspires three generations of women to forge their own paths, including a Parisian atelier who is hired to sew a look-alike gown before confronting an impossible choice.
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Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell What it's about: fictional 1960s rock band Utopia Avenue and their journey to stardom, which takes them through a tangled web of drugs, social upheaval, clashing egos, and mental illness.
For fans of: Daisy Jones and the Six, another novel about the complexities of rock and roll fame.
About the author: Award-winning novelist David Mitchell's eclectic body of work includes the novels Cloud Atlas, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, and The Bone Clocks. | |
The huntress : a novel by Kate Quinn Stranded behind enemy lines, brave bomber pilot Nina Markova becomes the prey of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress and joins forces with a Nazi hunter and British war correspondent to find her before she finds them.
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The book of lost friends : a novel by Lisa Wingate A modern-day teacher discovers the story of three Reconstruction-era women and how it connects to her own students’ lives in this latest from the New York Times best-selling author of Before We Were Yours.
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The lost girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff After finding an abandoned suitcase filled with photographs, Grace Healey soon learns the case belonged to the leader of a network of female secret agents deployed during World War II
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What the wind knows by Amy Harmon Anne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather's stories of Ireland. Heartbroken at his death, she travels to his childhood home to spread his ashes. There, overcome with memories of the man she adored and consumed by a history she never knew, she is pulled into another time. The Ireland of 1921, teetering on the edge of war, is a dangerous place in which to awaken. Caught between history and her heart, she must decide whether she's willing to let go of the life she knew for a love she never thought she'd find. But in the end, is the choice actually hers to make?
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The unwilling : a novel by Kelly Braffet An orphan girl raised alongside the heirs of Lord Elban in the great house beyond the wall discovers from a Magus that there is more to her story than she ever thought possible.
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The Book of V. by Anna Solomon What it's about: the character-driven, century-spanning stories of three female characters attempting to navigate the complex expectations of women in their respective societies.
Starring: overwhelmed modern stay-at-home mom Lily; strong-willed Watergate-era senator's wife Vee; the biblical Queen Esther.
Read it for: the engaging narration of each woman's point-of-view chapters and the unanticipated connections between each of their stories. | |
The bird king by G. Willow Wilson Fatima, a concubine in the royal court of Granada at the height of the Spanish Inquisition, and her friend Hassan, the palace mapmaker, risk their lives to escape when the latter is accused of sorcery.
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