Caleb’s Crossing
Author: Geraldine Brooks
In this luminous tale of love and faith, magic and adventure, Geraldine Brooks once again takes a remarkable shard of history and brings it to vivid life…..Read More
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March
March Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and Richard and Judy pick. From the author of the acclaimed 'Year of Wonders' and 'People of the Book', a historical novel… Continue Reading Posted in: Biography, Classic American Fiction, Epistolary Fiction, History, Soldiers
Girl in Translation
Introducing a fresh, exciting Chinese-American voice, an inspiring debut about an immigrant girl forced to choose between two worlds and two futures.When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong… Continue Reading Posted in: Asian American Literature & Fiction, Chinese Fiction, Coming of Age Fiction, New York (State) New York Brooklyn
Diamond Ruby
Seventeen-year-old Ruby Thomas, newly responsible for her two young nieces after a devastating tragedy, is determined to keep her family safe in the vast, swirling world of 1920s New York… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Historical, Sports
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
You are about to travel to Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside filled with rolling hills, thatched cottages, and a cast of characters both hilariously original… Continue Reading Posted in: Condensed Books, Country Life, Cultural Heritage Fiction, English Fiction, Humorous Literary Fiction
People of the Book
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of March, the journey of a rare illuminated manuscript through centuries of exile and warIn 1996, Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is offered the… Continue Reading Posted in: American Literature, Contemporary Literature & Fiction, Fiction, Illumination Of Books And Manuscripts, Jewish, Jewish Illumination Of Books And Manuscripts
The Last Runaway
New York Times bestselling author of Girl With a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier makes her first fictional foray into the American past in The Last Runaway, bringing to life the… Continue Reading
State of Wonder
As Dr. Marina Singh embarks upon an uncertain odyssey into the insect-infested Amazon, she will be forced to surrender herself to the lush but forbidding world that awaits within the… Continue Reading Posted in: Novels, Research, Student Collection
The Red Garden
The Red Garden introduces us to the luminous and haunting world of Blackwell, Massachusetts, capturing the unexpected turns in its history and in our own lives. In exquisite prose, Hoffman… Continue Reading Posted in: African American Historical Fiction, Afroamerikanische Historische Romane, City And Town Life, Massachusetts
Nine Parts of Desire
Geraldine Brooks spent two years as a Middle East news correspondent, covering the death of Khomeini and the like. She also learned a lot about what it's like for Islamic… Continue Reading Posted in: History of Judaism, Social Conditions, Women in Islam, Women In The Koran
Island Beneath the Sea
Born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue, Zarité -- known as Tété -- is the daughter of an African mother she never knew and one of the white sailors… Continue Reading Posted in: Historical Caribbean & Latin American Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical French Fiction, History, Racially Mixed Women
Remarkable Creatures
A voyage of discoveries, a meeting of two remarkable women, and extraordinary time and place enrich bestselling author Tracy Chevalier's enthralling new novel From the moment she's struck by lightning… Continue Reading Posted in: 1799 1847, Anning, Bibliography, Fossils Collection And Preservation Lyme Regis Fiction, Literary Criticism & Theory, Mary, Sisters Fiction
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