Saga
A Sound Like Thunder
The novel is set in Fairhope, Alabama, a small Gulf Coast town during the early years of World War…
Voices from a Time
With Voices from a Time, winner of the Zerilli-Marimo Prize in Italy, Silvia Bonucci weaves a spellbinding psychological tale…
Beautiful Dreamer
“I were in for some nails. I were looking in the barrel, and sorting them out and in he comes,…
The Time of Our Lives
It is the 1950s and England is in the grip of coronation fever. In the seaside town of Kingshaven…
Let the Bells Ring
Let the Bells Ring is a hefty read in the tradition of the gentle, romantic saga, and the chapters are…
Prospero’s Daughter
In The Tempest, William Shakespeare explored how the world of social class and education strays from its defining stature,…
Hedwig and Berti
Hedwig and Berti is the saga of a mismatched upper-class German Jewish couple who escape from Nazi Germany, going first…
The Witness of St. Ansgar’s
The witness of the title is Mario, a young altar boy at St. Ansgar’s German Catholic Church on Manhattan’s…
Cellophane
The boundaries between jungle and civilization, river and land, natives and interlopers are explored, broken, and re-established in Arana’s breathtaking…
Family of Women
Family of Women is set in Birmingham between the years 1926 and 1960 but spans more than half a…
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