<September> <2019> list by <K. Northrup>
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All The Flowers in Paris
by Sarah Jio
A tale told from alternating viewpoints follows the experiences of a Parisian woman who awakens with no memory of her past before discovering a mysterious cache of letters by a young woman of Jewish ancestry during the Nazi occupation.
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Black Sun
by Owen Matthews
Days before the test of the world's largest nuclear device, a KGB officer in 1961 Russia investigates the murder of the bomb's architect, unraveling a conspiracy that poses apocalyptic threats.
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Call Your Daughter Home
by Deb Spera
It is 1924 South Carolina and the region is still recovering from the infamous boll weevil infestation that devastated the land and economy. Three women,Gertrude, a mother of four; Retta, a first-generation freed slave; and Annie, the family matriarch, unite to stand up to the terrible injustices that have long plagued their small town.
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The Chelsea Girls
by Fiona Davis
A 20-year friendship between a playwright and an actress with Broadway ambitions is tested by the impact of McCarthy-era witch hunts among the creative residents of New York City's Chelsea Hotel.
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Dragonfly
by Leila Meacham
Teamed together to infiltrate Nazi ranks in occupied Paris, five idealistic American spies from diverse backgrounds begin questioning who they can trust when one of their number is killed.
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First Cosmic Velocity
by Zach Powers
A novel set in 1964 USSR delves into the Cold War, the Russian space program and an amazing fraud that pulled the wool over the eyes of the world.
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The Flight Girls
by Noelle Salazar
A stunning story about the Women Airforce Service Pilots, whose courage during World War II turned ordinary women into extraordinary heroes. The Flight Girls is a sweeping portrayal of women's fearlessness in the face of adversity, and the power of friendship.
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Home for Erring and Outcast Girls
by Julie Kibler
Inspired by historical events, this novel follows the deep friendship between two women at an early 20th-century rehabilitation home for cast-out single mothers, and the reclusive librarian who discovers their story a century later.
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Inland
by Téa Obreht
An unflinching frontierswoman riding out the Arizona Territory drought of 1893 finds her life intertwined with that of a former outlaw whose ability to see ghosts has inspired a momentous expedition.
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The Lost Daughter
by Gill Paul
A 1970s housewife’s investigation into her father’s deathbed confession leads to a startling discovery about the true fate of the lost Romanov daughter.
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The Nickel Boys
by Colson Whitehead
This novel follows the harrowing experiences of two African-American teens at an abusive reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida.
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The Orphan's Song
by Lauren Kate
Longing to escape from the 18th-century music orphanage where she has lived her entire life, a talented singer bonds with a gifted violinist who would find his missing mother.
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Summerlings
by Lisa Howorth
A Cold War coming-of-age story, set in the summer of 1959, finds three best friends confronting their fears of the bomb, Russian spies, bullies and their secret role in a tragic event.
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Tidelands
by Philippa Gregory
In a tale set during England’s mid-17th-century civil war, an herbalist seeking to escape an abusive relationship is targeted by witchcraft mania in her tidelands community.
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The Undertaker's Assistant
by Amanda Skenandore
Former slave Effie Jones must return from the North to Reconstruction-era New Orleans, to earn her living as an embalmer; however, returning home stirs a desire in her to trace her kin against the backdrop of the growing violence and racial turmoil in the city.
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The Woman in the White Kimono
by Ana Johns
A novel inspired by true events traces the intertwined stories of a young woman from 1950s Japan who must choose between her heart and home, and a journalist in modern America who discovers her father's long-buried secrets.
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