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Historical Fiction September 2021
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| Sisters in Arms by Kaia AldersonWhat it is: A suspenseful and compelling story of two Black women's contributions to the Allied war effort and their experiences serving in the racially segregated ranks of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.
Read it for: The intricate plotting, courageous characters, and journey through a rarely explored corner of history. |
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| Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch by Rivka GalchenWhat it is: A richly detailed and atmospheric story set in Reformation-era Germany and inspired by the real witchcraft allegations leveled against Katharina Kepler, mother of legendary mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler.
About the author: Everyone Knows is the long-awaited second novel of journalist and writer Rivka Galchen, whose award-winning first novel Atmospheric Disturbances was published in 2008.
Did you know? Some historians argue that the witch trial was instigated by Kepler's fellow Lutherans, who mistrusted his willingness to serve the catholic Holy Roman Emperor. |
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| Three Words for Goodbye by Hazel Gaynor and Heather WebbWhat it's about: The reluctant reunion of well-heeled, estranged sisters Clara and Madeleine Sommers, and their 1937 journey across the Atlantic to fulfill their dying grandmother's final wish.
Why you might like it: Though their voyage on the RMS Queen Mary gets off to a rough start, the sisters learn new things about themselves, each other, and their family history that help them build a stronger bond than they've ever had before. |
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| The Great Mistake by Jonathan LeeInspired by: The discreet personal life and shockingly public death of Andrew Haswell Green, a lawyer and city planner involved in creating some of the most emblematic landmarks in New York City.
Landmarks include: Central Park, the Bronx Zoo, the New York Public Library, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Why you might like it: Author Jonathan Lee mixes an atmospheric and richly detailed character study with elements of a detective novel, delving into events that may have led to the day in 1902 when Green was shot outside of his Park Avenue home. |
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| The Vixen by Francine ProseWhat it is: A suspenseful and thought-provoking novel in which a young Jewish man working in the publishing industry during the Red Scare tries to balance career, identity, family, and personal ethics after being assigned to edit a tawdry, anti-Semitic novel based on the trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.
About the author: Francine Prose is the former president of the literature nonprofit PEN America whose previous work includes novels such as After and A Changed Man and nonfiction titles Reading Like a Writer and The Lives of Muses. |
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