Random House
Last Night in Twisted River
The story opens in 1954 at a logging camp along the Twisted River. Danny is only twelve years old when,…
Requiem by Fire
Set in 1928 North Carolina, in Requiem by Fire Caldwell returns to the Appalachia of his first novel, Cataloochee. The…
The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers
The 1930s changed the lives of millions of Americans. Dreams and hope disappeared for the majority of the laid-off, financially…
Homer & Langley
For a review suited to this journal, it is well to begin by pointing out that the novel is not,…
Venetia Kelly’s Traveling Show
Venetia Kelly is talented and beguiling. With and without her ventriloquist’s dummy, Blarney, she charms audiences across the Irish countryside…
Unfinished Desires
As this novel opens, Mother Suzanne Ravenel, in her eighties in the year 2001 and the former headmistress of a…
Sphinx’s Princess
Aimed at a young adult audience, Friesner’s novel portrays Nefertiti as a dutiful, lively, and intelligent teenage girl, growing up…
War Games
This middle-grade novel explores coming of age in Greece during World War II, as seen from the viewpoint of 12-year-old…
The Book of the Maidservant
After young Johanna’s mother dies and her family falls apart, she is sent to be a serving girl to Margery…
The Gathering Storm
Set in 1791 at the height of British naval supremacy, this is a roller coaster of a nautical yarn liberally…
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