Tag: historical fiction
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A Discerning Eye — Carol Orange [ARC REVIEW]
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Art heist, FBI, scandal, drug lords, affairs, the mafia…. the list goes on! A Discerning Eye hits shelves October 15th.
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The Dutch House — Ann Patchett
Read Date: November 12, 2019 Rating: 3.5/5 Format: Print Book/Audiobook With an audiobook narrated by Tom Hanks, The Dutch House is the story of two devoted siblings, their journey from childhood into adulthood, and their reliance on and support of each other to overcome the trials of their youth. The Conroys live in the infamous […]
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Love and Other Consolation Prizes — Jamie Ford
Read Date: October 22, 2019 Rating: 3/5 Format: E-book A portrait of Victorian and post-Victorian Seattle through the eyes of Ernest Young, a Chinese orphan displaced from his home to the United States, Love and Other Consolation Prizes explores themes of humanity, belonging, and, of course, love. When, beyond all odds, Ernest survives the brutal […]
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society — Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Date Read: September 4, 2019Rating: 3.5/5Format: Audiobook/E-book Author and journalist Juliet Ashton has just returned from a book tour of her largely successful Izzy Bickerstaff Goes to War when she receives a letter from one Dawsey Adams with a request, which turns into correspondence, which turns into correspondence between Juliet and almost the entirety of […]
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