Nanette Donohue
Song of the Nile: A Novel of Cleopatra’s Daughter
As daughter of the legendary Queen Cleopatra, Cleopatra Selene has an impressive legacy behind her. In the second novel in…
A Good Hard Look
Flannery O’Connor is one of the great figures of 20th-century American literature, an icon of Southern fiction whose life was…
Just One Season in London
The Ryecrofts, a noble family in a dire financial situation, are pinning all of their hopes on daughter Sophie making…
Lyrics Alley
Editors' choice
The Abuzeids are one of the most prominent families in 1950s Sudan. The patriarch, Mahmoud Bey, amassed the family fortune…
Ellis Island
Ellie Flaherty was raised by parents who are pious, distant, and haunted by the sins of their ancestors. Her consolation…
The Daughter of Siena
According to legend, Sienese noblewoman Pia Tolomei is a descendant of Egypt’s Ptolemy line, her beauty inviting comparisons to Queen…
Mothers & Daughters
This intergenerational novel focuses on three women: Violet, an eleven-year-old girl struggling to survive in turn-of-the-century New York; Iris, Violet’s…
The Summer Garden: A Love Story
The final volume in Simons’ epic trilogy follows Tatiana Metanova and Alexander Barrington from the early years of their marriage…
The Homecoming of Samuel Lake
Editors' choice
Samuel Lake and his family are used to moving to a different town every year. Samuel is a preacher, and…
Forgiven
Kula Baker has spent most of her short life traveling from place to place with her father and his band…
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