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| A Promise to Arlette by Serena BurdickIn an idyllic Massachusetts neighborhood, local boy Sidney and his British bride Ida haven't recovered from the war. They hide it well until 1952 when a neighbor shows off a Man Ray photo, leading Ida to steal it. She heads to California to confront the artist, knowing her beloved friend Arlette was actually the photographer. Set in England, France, and the United States before, during, and after World War II, this is an evocative, haunting novel. Try this next: Peggy by Rebecca Godfrey. |
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Ship of Dreams
by Donna Jones Alward
Aboard the Titanic, where opulence knows no bounds and the horizon seems limitless, two women fight for the futures they dream of, fraught with secrets that could change everything.
Hannah Martin is clinging to the hope that six days on this grand ship will heal the wounds in her marriage to Charles. Beneath her poised exterior lies a desperation to mend what was shattered and conceal a secret that could upend their lives forever.
Louisa Phillips, spirited and uncompromising, is escaping her family’s insistence on a passionless marriage. But this daring step could also sever the deepest bond in her life.
As the ‘unsinkable' ship strikes the iceberg, amidst the chaos and icy waters, lives are changed forever. In the face of impending doom, what dreams will Hannah and Lou decide are worth saving, and at what cost?
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| The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-RobinsonAfter her husband's violent murder, Hannah Cole still runs her confectionary shop in 1749 London, but money is tighter than ever. She gets a bit of help from a stranger who knew her husband, but Chief Magistrate Henry Fielding thinks she may have been involved in her husband's death, leading her to look for the killer. Read-alikes: Katharine Schellman's The Body in the Garden; Kate Saunders' The Secrets of Wishtide. |
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The Book of Lost Hours : A novel
by Hayley Gelfuso
In 1938, 11-year-old Lisavet Levy becomes trapped in a mysterious library of memory called the time space, where her path intertwines with American timekeeper Ernest Duquesne, whose 1965 death compels his niece Amelia to uncover buried truths amid shifting histories and shadowy CIA intrigue.
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The Hounding : A novel
by Xenobe Purvis
'The Crucible' meets 'The Virgin Suicides' in this debut novel about five sisters in a small village in 18th century England whose neighbours are convinced they’re turning into dogs.
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The Harvey Girls
by Juliette Fay
In 1926, two new Harvey Girls (waitresses who must be single and between the ages of 18 and 30) are hired on the same day. But both have lied: Charlotte is married to an abusive college professor and Billie is only 15 but needs money to send home. The two secretive roommates are at odds but grow close while completing their extensive training in Kansas and working at the Grand Canyon's El Tovar hotel.
For fans of: atmospheric, well-researched novels that center female friendship.
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Elusive
by Genevieve Cogman
"Revolutionary France is full of blood and bite...1793. Eleanor, once a lowly English maid, is now a member of the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel: renowned for their daring deeds, and for rescuing aristocrats and vampires from the guillotine. When the notorious French diplomat Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand goes missing, Eleanor and the League leap into action. But they uncover two vampire factions feuding for control over humanity's fate. Talleyrand's disappearance is part of a larger, more dangerous scheme--one that threatens to throw France into bloody chaos" Scarlet Revolution (2)
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The Lies They Told
by Ellen Marie Wiseman
In 1930s Virginia, Lena Conti, a young immigrant mother separated from her family at Ellis Island, builds a new life in the Blue Ridge Mountains but must resist a brutal eugenics campaign that targets her community and threatens to take her daughter.
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The Last Assignment : A novel
by Erika Robuck
In 1956, grief-stricken and estranged from her husband, war photojournalist Dickey Chapelle takes on a dangerous mission with a refugee aid group, and after a harrowing Soviet imprisonment, resolves to expose the human cost of war from the front lines.
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A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart
by Nishant Batsha
Set at the dawn of WWI, 'A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart' is the story of a marriage caught at the intersection of radical politics and everyday life. It follows Cora Trent and Indra Mukherjee who meet and quickly marry, but as they try to find footing in their new life, they must reckon with divergent ambitions that challenge the foundations of their hasty marriage - and their freedom.
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The Silence and the Rage : A novel
by Pierre Lemaãitre
It's 1952 and the grown children of Louis Pelletier, a businessman with a dark past, have settled in Paris. Jean, the eldest brother, hides a terrible secret and is trapped in a stifling marriage. François, an up-and-coming reporter, is caught up in a love affair. And Hélène, their younger sister, strives to make her own way as a journalist. 'Silence and Fury' is the story of one remarkable family against the backdrop of France during one of its most thrilling and volatile periods.
Glorious Years (2)
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A Bookseller in Madrid : A novel
by Mario Escobar
"An exciting and rigorously documented novel by one of the most translated and read Spanish authors in the world. This hopeful and inspiring story in the face of the horror of intolerance is, above all, an indisputable tribute to literature"
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