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Historical Fiction November 2017
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| The Living Infinite: A Novel by Chantel AcevedoIn 1893, the Infanta Eulalia of Spain travels to the U.S. by way of Cuba. Although her stated plan is to attend the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Eulalia has a secret agenda: to find a publisher for her scandalous autobiography. In addition to recounting the adventurous life of an unconventional woman, this atmospheric novel by Cuban-American author Chantel Acevedo examines the turbulent events surrounding the Bourbon Restoration in Spain and Cuba's War for Independence. |
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| The Vengeance of Mothers: The Journals of Margaret Kelly & Molly McGill by Jim FergusIn this sequel to One Thousand White Women, participants in a federal "Brides for Indians" program have lost their Cheyenne husbands in a brutal attack by the U.S. Army. The Vengeance of Mothers describes the experiences of two widowed sisters and their rebellion against the U.S. government, interspersing their diary entries with accounts of the events up to the Great Sioux War of 1876. |
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| Caroline: Little House, Revisited by Sarah Elizabeth MillerReports of abundant land in Kansas Territory convince Charles Ingalls that his family's future lies west of the Mississippi. His (pregnant) wife Caroline is apprehensive, but dutifully packs up their belongings and prepares for a 700-mile covered wagon journey. Authorized by the Little House literary estate, Caroline unfolds from the perspective of Ma Ingalls; the narrative bridges the events of Little House in the Big Woods and Little House on the Prairie, in case you're inspired to revisit the original series. |
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Love and Other Consolation Prizes: A Novel
by Jamie Ford
A half-Chinese orphan whose mother sacrificed everything to give him a better chance is raffled off as a prize at Seattle's 1909 World's Fair, only to land in the ownership of the madam of a notorious brothel where he finds friendship and opportunities, in a story based on true events. By the best-selling author of Songs of Willow Frost.
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Manhattan Beach: A novel
by Jennifer Egan
Years after she is placed in the hands of a stranger vital to her family's survival, Anna takes a job at the Brooklyn Naval Yard during the war while meeting with the man who helped them and learning important truths about her father's disappearance. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad.
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Pomegranate Soup: A Novel
by Marsha Mehran
Three Iranian sisters--Marjan, Layla, and Bahar Aminpour--flee the turmoil of the Islamic Revolution in their native country to seek refuge in Ireland, where they open the exotic Babylon Caf‚ amongst the quirky inhabitants of a colorful Irish town, in a debut novel that comes complete with original Persian recipes.
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The Cherry Harvest: A Novel
by Lucy Sanna
Explores a hidden side of the American home front during World War II, when German POWs were put to work in a Wisconsin farm community—with dark and unexpected consequences.
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The Devil's Feast
by Miranda Carter
Investigative team Blake and Avery find themselves entangled in a discreet murder investigation at a grand gentleman's club shaped by political conflicts, personal vendettas and England's first celebrity chef.
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| The Arrangement by Ashley WarlickUnfulfilled in her marriage to academic Al Fisher, aspiring writer Mary Frances Kennedy pursues married painter Dillywn "Tim" Parrish -- who, unlike Al, supports her literary ambitions while satisfying her physical desires. Set in 1930s Los Angeles, Paris, and the Swiss Alps, this lush and atmospheric biographical novel stars pioneering food writer M.F.K. Fisher, of whom W.H. Auden once said, "I do not know of anyone in the United States who writes better prose." For another fictionalized account of a real-life love triangle, try Lily King's Euphoria, inspired by the life of anthropologist Margaret Mead. |
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