20th Century

Lost Boy Found

By Kirsten Alexander - Published 2020

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John Henry Davenport and his wife, Mary, are the most prominent couple in Opelousas, Louisiana. On a summer day in 1913, their three boys ...Read Review

The Book of Lost Names

By Kristin Harmel - Published 2020

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The author of The Winemaker’s Wife has penned another phenomenal story set in France during World War II. The Book of Lost ...Read Review

Daring Darleen, Queen of the Screen

By Anne Nesbet - Published 2020

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Children/Young Adult

Anne Nesbet’s middle-grade novel Daring Darleen: Queen of the Screen is a thrilling romp through the early days of the silent film ...Read Review

Summer Darlings

By Brooke Lea Foster - Published 2020

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In 1962, Brooklyn coed Heddy Winsome takes a summer job with an affluent family on Martha’s Vineyard as a nanny for their two ...Read Review

The Deceptions

By Suzanne Leal -

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The Deceptions is award-winning Australian author, Suzanne Leal’s third novel. Like her first novel, Border Street, it was inspired by the Holocaust ...Read Review

The Black Swan of Paris

By Karen Robards - Published 2020

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Robards’ gripping novel is a powerful tale set in 1944 Nazi-occupied France. Artists have leeway in this strict, brutal regime, which enables Genevieve Dumont, ...Read Review

Brother’s Keeper

By Julie Lee - Published 2020

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Children/Young Adult

In North Korea during 1950, families live under the complete control of the Worker’s Party. The state has outlawed religion, installed Marxist dialectics ...Read Review

Bonnie: A Novel

By Christina Schwarz - Published 2020

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Biographical Fiction

As the country sinks deeper into the Great Depression, mama’s girl Bonnie Parker feels her own prospects dimming with it. Her husband ...Read Review

Threads: A Depression Era Tale

By Charlotte Whitney - Published 2019

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This story is about three sisters who live with their parents on a farm in Michigan. It is 1934, the heart of the Great ...Read Review

The Socialite

By J'nell Ciesielski - Published 2020

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Inspirational Romance

In 1941, France was a hell on earth for its citizens, as they braced themselves for another year of brutal Nazi occupation. Into this ...Read Review