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Women's History Month Fiction |
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Inés of my soul : a novel
by Isabel Allende
Chronicles the brave deeds and passionate loves of Inés Suárez, a spirited woman who journeyed to the New World in search of her husband and, as the companion of Pedro de Valdivia, helped to found the nation of Chile
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Saint Mazie : a novel
by Jami Attenberg
Running a Jazz Age movie theater that is transformed by Prohibition and the Great Depression, Mazie Phillips reflects on her poverty-stricken youth and converts the theater into a shelter in ways that reverberate nearly a century later. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Middlesteins. Reading-group guide available. 50,000 first printing.
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That Churchill woman : a novel
by Stephanie Barron
A tale inspired by the life of Winston Churchill's scandal-marked American mother follows the experiences of a wealthy and fiercely independent New Yorker whose whirlwind romance with a duke's son sweeps her disruptively into British royalty and politics.
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The only woman in the room
by Marie Benedict
A beautiful woman escapes her Austrian arms-dealer husband to become Hollywood legend Hedy Lamarr while hiding a secret double life as a Jewish scientist and sharing vital information about the Third Reich.
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The Aviator's Wife : a novel
by Melanie Benjamin
A story inspired by the marriage between Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh traces the romance between a handsome young aviator and a shy ambassador's daughter whose relationship is marked by wild international acclaim, history-making flights and the world-shocking abduction of their child. 30,000 first printing.
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White houses : a novel
by Amy Bloom
After meeting the future first lady while covering Franklin Roosevelt's campaign, Lorena Hickock and Eleanor discover a powerful passion between them
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Little
by Edward Carey
Follows the story of a Swiss orphan who, apprenticed to an eccentric wax sculptor in the seamy streets of Paris, learns her craft and hones her art to become the famous Madame Tussaud.
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Remarkable creatures
by Tracy Chevalier
Marked for greatness after being struck by lightning in infancy, Mary Anning discovers a fossilized skeleton near her 19th-century home that triggers attacks on her character and upheavals throughout the religious, scientific and academic communities.
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Enchantress of Numbers : a novel of Ada Lovelace
by Jennifer Chiaverini
Educated in math and science by her mother, the only legitimate child of Lord Byron is introduced into London society before forging a bond with Charles Babbage and using her talents to become the world's first computer programmer
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The Tubman command : a novel
by Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman
Tells the story of Harriet Tubman at the height of her powers, when she devises the largest plantation raid of the Civil War after General David Hunter places her in charge of a team of black scouts even though skeptical of what one woman can accomplish.
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Z : a novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
by Therese Fowler
A tale inspired by the marriage of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald follows their union in defiance of her father's opposition and her abandonment of the provincial finery of her upbringing in favor of a scandalous flapper identity that gains her entry into the literary party scenes of New York, Paris and the French Riviera.
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Becoming Mrs. Lewis
by Patti Callahan Henry
Novelizes the amazing life of Joy Davidman, the unlikely New York poet and writer who won the heart of literary legend C. S. Lewis, and made his life all that much better.
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Someone Knows My Name
by Lawrence Hill
Dreaming daily of escaping her life of slavery in South Carolina and returning to her African home, slave Aminata Diallo is torn from her family when she is sold and thrown into the chaos of the Revolutionary War, during which she helps create a list of black people who have been honored for their service to the king. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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The marriage of opposites : a novel
by Alice Hoffman
Dreaming of an exotic life in Paris while coming of age in a St. Thomas refugee community, young Rachel is forced to marry a widower before falling scandalously in love and becoming the mother of Impressionist master Camille Pissarro.
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I Was Anastasia : a novel
by Ariel Lawhon
An evocative retelling of the Anastasia survival myth follows the appearance of a traumatized, badly scarred young woman who claims to be the youngest Romanov daughter, launching a half-century of questions, accusations and changing perspectives on identity as conveyed by her supporters and detractors.
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Finding Dorothy : a novel
by Elizabeth Letts
Reimagines the story behind the creation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the perspective of L. Frank Baum's intrepid wife, whose hardscrabble life on the Dakota prairie inspires her husband's masterpiece and her advocacy of an exploited Judy Garland
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The Kennedy Debutante
by Kerri Maher
Reimagines the life of rebellious Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy against a backdrop of 1930s London society, where she pursues a forbidden love with the strictly Protestant heir to the Devonshire dukedom
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Girl in disguise
by Greer Macallister
Going undercover to infiltrate the seedy side of mid-nineteenth-century Chicago, Kate Warne, the first female Pinkerton detective, assumes a range of sophisticated identities to track down evildoers and bring them to justice
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The last empress
by Anchee Min
Follows the last empress of China, as Empress Orchid copes with tragic personal losses as she struggles to save her crumbling empire.
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Mata Hari's last dance : a novel
by Michelle Moran
A tale inspired by exotic dancer, courtesan and suspected spy Mata Hari finds her sitting in a 1917 Paris jail cell, reflecting on the childhood abandonment, abusive marriage and rise in the dancing world that led to her arrest for treason.
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Revolutionary
by Alex Myers
Presents a fictionalized account of Deborah Sampson Gannett, who defied the rigid societal and social norms of her times to disguise herself as a man, join the Continental Army, and fight against the British during the American Revolution
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Vanessa and her sister : a novel
by Priya Parmar
Set in early 1900s London, a historical novel examines the adult lives of sisters Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, focusing on the controversial and popular circle of artists and writers known as the Bloomsbury Group.
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The moon in the palace
by Weina Dai Randel
Summoned to the emperor's palace to serve as one of his concubines, Mei, who, after her father's death, needs to support her poverty-stricken family, finds herself in a position to seduce the emperor, but instead falls in love with his son and must fight to gain favor with the ruler of China while protecting the man she loves.
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The Red daughter : a novel
by John Burnham Schwartz
Defecting to America at the height of the Cold War, the daughter of Joseph Stalin finds her quiet existence upended by controversial associates, CIA suspicion, and her relationship with a young lawyer
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The Queen of Tuesday
by Darin Strauss
A thrilling love story starring Hollywood's first true media mogul, Lucille Ball, and an epic multi-layered look at America's most fascinating era.
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American princess : a novel of first daughter Alice Roosevelt
by Stephanie Thornton
Theodore Roosevelt's irrepressible daughter Alice makes waves all over Washington D.C. and despite falling for a smooth-talking congressman, the gum-chewing, cigarette-smoking, poker playing First Daughter intends to emerge triumphant
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