Great Depression
American Ghost
Hendrix, Florida, is a poverty-stricken town haunted by a 1930s lynching of a young man and his family. Jolie Hoyt…
By Starlight
This story takes place during the Great Depression in the small town of Colton, Montana. The speakeasy in the basement…
Dust Girl
On April 14, 1935, the worst dust storm ever recorded blows across Kansas. That is the day that Calliope LeRoux’s…
Wonder Show
As if things aren’t bad enough for a family of gypsies in the midst of the Dust Bowl, Portia Remini’s…
Cascade
It is 1935, the country is in the chokehold of the Great Depression, and Desdemona Hart would do just about…
The Family Corleone
The Family Corleone is a novel based on the screenplay Mario Puzo left upon his death. The Godfather II saw…
The Midwife of Hope River
Patience Murphy is a “thirty-six year old widow, wanted by the law in two states,” so when she takes up…
Edge of Dark Water
May Lynn dreamed about being a movie star, and when she gets murdered, her three teenaged friends decide to take…
Elegy for Eddie
In this latest outing for Maisie Dobbs, Winspear’s thoughtful and plucky detective returns to her roots across the river in…
The Mighty Miss Malone
From award-winning children’s author Christopher Paul Curtis comes a companion book to Bud Not Buddy, The Mighty Miss Malone. Mentioned…
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