Biographical Fiction
The Jazz Bird
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Biographical FictionMystery/CrimeSaga
The Jazz Bird is an imaginative retelling of the true story of the murder of Imogene Remus by her husband George, a bootlegger. ...Read Review
The Biograph Girl
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Alternate HistoryBiographical Fiction
The best biographical novels compel us to delve more deeply into the true history behind the characters, and this is no exception. In 1910, ...Read Review
Grand Ambition
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In November 1928, with minimal supplies and a homemade boat, newlyweds Glen and Bessie Hyde left Green River, Utah with the goal of running ...Read Review
A Way of Life, Like Any Other
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This spare, compelling book was originally published in 1977 and is reissued now with an introduction by Seamus Heaney. A fictionalized account of O’...Read Review
Here’s to You, Jesusa!
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First published in Spanish in 1969, Here’s to You, Jesusa! is the fictional autobiography of a poor Mexican woman, here translated into English. ...Read Review
The Merlin of the Oak Wood
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Biographical FictionHistorical Fantasy
The second in the Joan of Arc Tapestries series, Oak Wood is a well-researched novel in which Chamberlin masterfully interweaves elements of the ...Read Review
Maria’s Story: 1773
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
The death of her father turns nine-year-old Maria Rand’s world upside down. When her mother should be teaching her the skills needed ...Read Review
The Good Journey
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AdventureBiographical FictionRomance
“Sixteen years ago, when I followed the General away, I had known him for only three days. I reconciled myself then to sleeping ...Read Review
Jigsaw
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The second volume of Bedford’s fictional memoirs uses present tense flash imagery, a focusing of the craft since The Legacy. The dense ...Read Review
I, Roger Williams: A Fragment of Autobiography
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An elderly Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, reminisces about the people and events that shaped his life, many of them having ...Read Review
