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A Book That Takes Place in the Past Read More Reading Challenge 2019 |
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In West Mills
by De'Shawn Charles Winslow
A woman in mid-20th-century rural North Carolina, determined to live on her own terms in spite of community gossip, finds unexpected support from a veteran fixer who struggles with an inability to correct his own troubled past.
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My Best Friend's Exorcism
by Grady Hendrix
After witnessing a series of strange incidents combined with her best friend's increasingly bizarre behavior, 1980s high schooler, Abby, comes to the conclusion that Gretchen has become possessed by a demon and embarks on a quest to save her. Wicked!
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Call Your Daughter Home
by Deb Spera
Struggling to recover after a natural pest invasion devastates the economy of 1924 South Carolina, three fierce Southern women unite against terrible injustices that have overshadowed their small-town community. A first novel.
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Death of a Rainmaker: A Dust Bowl Mystery
by Laurie Loewenstein
When a rainmaker is bludgeoned to death in the pitch-blackness of a colossal dust storm, small-town sheriff Temple Jennings shoulders yet another burden in the hard times of the 1930s Dust Bowl.
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
When an aging and reclusive Hollywood icon selects an unknown magazine reporter to write her life story, the baffled journalist forges deep ties with the actress during a complicated interview process that exposes their tragic common history.
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The One Man
by Andrew Gross
When a World War II physics professor with information vital to Allied forces is sent to a Nazi concentration camp, intelligence officer Nathan Blum is sent undercover to infiltrate Auschwitz and bring the professor to safety.
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When All Is Said
by Anne Griffin
An 84-year-old loner, sitting at a grand hotel bar in Ireland, toasts the five people who have meant the most to him while recalling unspoken losses and joys, a tragic secret and a fierce love. A first novel.
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The Poacher's Daughter
by Michael Zimmer
In 1885, young Rose Edwards is widowed by Montana vigilantes. Penniless and illiterate, yet fiercely independent, Rose begins a two-year odyssey to revisit the land of her childhood and finds herself a reluctant hero in an ageless battle as she stubbornly pushes back against the destruction of the land she loves.
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