HNR Issue 79 (February 2017)
The Chosen Maiden
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In her fifth novel, Eva Stachniak tells the story of real-life dancers Bronia Nijinska and Vaslav Nijinsky, siblings who took the world of ...Read Review
A Hope at the End of the World
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In 1944, with WWII raging, two Polish orphans, 16-year-old Luzyna and 19-year-old Helena, are surviving in the relative safety of a refugee camp in ...Read Review
1588: A Calendar of Crime
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This title is described as a novel in five books, consisting of five short stories featuring Shirley McKay’s characters from the Hew ...Read Review
Billy Gogan: American
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In 1844, 15-year-old Billy Gogan is dismissed from St. Patrick’s College in Ireland after his father’s death in prison. He goes to ...Read Review
Pharaoh
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In ancient Egypt, Pharaoh Tamose lies dying of a battle wound, and his weak, corrupt son Utteric seizes power, to the horror of ...Read Review
The Unbroken Line of the Moon
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The 10th-century Nordic lands are locked in a war between the Norse gods and Christianity. Sigrid, a chieftain’s daughter and devout follower ...Read Review
It Is Well
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In 1939 in a cemetery in Snohomish, Washington, Jonathan Beecher stands mournfully at the burial of his wife, who has died of cancer at 38. ...Read Review
The Turncoat’s Gambit
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Alternate HistoryChildren/Young Adult
This is the finale to the Inventor’s Secret series by Andrea Cremer, following The Conjurer’s Riddle. Set in an alternate 19th ...Read Review
Release Your Inner Roman: A Treatise by Nobleman Marcus Sidonius Flax
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Struggling with raising your unruly children, getting that raise at work, or finding a balance between happiness and letting luxuries dull your senses? ...Read Review
The Popish Midwife: A Tale of High Treason, Prejudice and Betrayal
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The Popish Midwife is a fact-based historical novel about the life of Elizabeth Cellier, focusing on the years of the Popish Plot when ...Read Review
