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Historical Fiction June 2024
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Long Island : a novel
by Colm Tâoibâin
In 1976 Lindenhurst, Long Island, Ellis Lacey, an Irishwoman in her 40s with no one to rely on in this still-new country, discovers her husband got a woman pregnant and the woman's husband refuses to raise it, forcing Ellis to decide what she will do and not do in this unexpected situation.
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The glassmaker
by Tracy Chevalier
From the height of Renaissance-era Italy to the present day, this spellbinding novel follows Orsola Rosso and her family of glassblowers as they live through creative triumph and heartbreaking loss, and how through every era, the Rosso women ensure their work, and their bonds, endure.
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Husbands & lovers : a novel
by Beatriz Williams
Two women, separated by decades and continents, but sharing an exotic family heirloom, search for their lost loves and reclaim secrets, in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of The Summer Wives.
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Shelterwood
by Lisa Wingate
In 1990 Oklahoma, Valerie, a Law Enforcement Ranger reporting for duty at Horsethief Trail National Park, is immediately faced with the long-hidden burial site of three children, and working with the neighboring Choctaw Tribal Police, unearths old secrets and the tragic and deadly history of the land itself.
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The tiger's prey : a novel of adventure
by Wilbur A Smith
One of four sons of master mariner Sir Hal Courtney, Tom embarks on a treacherous voyage across the vast reaches of the ocean and confronts dangerous enemies in exotic locales while following passions that lay the future for his family. By the best-selling author of the Ancient Egypt series.
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Wild and Distant Seas
by Tara Karr Roberts
This lyrical reimagining of Moby Dick turns into a family saga spin-off by centering the life of Evangeline Hussey, who keeps the inn where Ishmael and Queequeg stay before setting off on Ahab's doomed voyage. This brief contact reverberates down the generations, saddling her descendants with their very own white whale to pursue.
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The adventures of Amina al-Sirafi : a novel
by S. A. Chakraborty
While trying to settle into a life of piety, motherhood and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural, Amina al-Sirafi, one of the Indian Ocean's most notorious pirates, is offered a job she cannot refuse, but soon discovers this final chance at glory comes with a high price—her soul.
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Two wars and a wedding : a novel
by Lauren Willig
As the Spanish-American war begins, archaeologist Betsy Hayes joins the Red Cross in search of her former best friend and follows Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders straight to the heart of the fighting where dark memories of her last war resurface and her need to protect old and new friends intensifies.
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The Whalebone Theatre
by Joanna Quinn
What it's about: Cristabel Seagrave and her half-siblings Flossie and Digby pass their wild and carefree childhoods on a family estate off the coast of Devon after World War I, drawing strength and skills from those times as they work in various capacities serving the Allied effort during World War II.
Read it for: the whimsical yet moving tone, complex characters, and examination of halcyon days captured in amber.
For fans of: Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier, I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, or Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh.
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Contact your library for more great books!
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Grand Ledge Area District Library 131 E Jefferson St Grand Ledge, Michigan 48837 (517) 627-7014https://gladl.org |
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