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The Madonnas of Leningrad
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This superb first novel by author Debra Dean tells the story of Marina, a young tour guide at the Hermitage Museum during the ...Read Review
The Bad Behaviour of Belle Cantrell
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Tired of mourning her husband, Belle Cantrell does what any aspiring suffragette would do—she bobs her hair—and the town of Gentry, ...Read Review
A Rose for the Crown
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Kate Haute is a young woman from a lowly background, taken into her uncle’s household and given the great privilege of becoming ...Read Review
Leonardo’s Swans
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Leonardo da Vinci has become quite popular these days, as has the historical novel featuring an intrepid woman ahead of her time, with ...Read Review
The Alchemist’s Daughter
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In lyrical prose, this novel details the life of Emilie Selden, a female scientist in 18th century England, squirreled away in her father’...Read Review
The Turk and my Mother
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This is the story of several generations of a Croatian family, both in their native country and in the United States. The mother ...Read Review
Escaping into the Night
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In her first book for a younger audience, Ms. Friedman does well. Escaping into the Night is a gripping telling of a little-known ...Read Review
The Tattoo Artist
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Young Sara Ehrenreich is in love in New York City. She is Jewish and bohemian, artist and anarchist, and completely in thrall to ...Read Review