2020

Mrs. Lincoln’s Sisters: A Novel

By Jennifer Chiaverini - Published 2020

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

As the fourth child of seven from her parents’ marriage, and with an additional nine half-siblings born from her father’s second marriage, ...Read Review

Fast Girls

By Elise Hooper - Published 2020

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

In 1928, 16-year-old Betty Robinson of Chicago represents the United States as a member of the first women’s Olympic track and field team. ...Read Review

The Corpse in the Garden of Perfect Brightness

By Malcolm Pryce - Published 2020

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

It is 1948, World War II has ended, and the country is getting back on its feet. One of the first events is to ...Read Review

Belladonna

By Anbara Salam - Published 2020

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In 1956, teenagers Bridget and Isabella are students at a Catholic high school in Connecticut. Smitten with pretty Isabella, Bridget goes to some lengths ...Read Review

Stories That Bind Us

By Susie Finkbeiner - Published 2020

Genres:

Inspirational

Recently widowed, but not ready to concede to a quiet life, Betty Sweet focuses on the number one thing she’s always done ...Read Review

The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls: A Novel

By Ursula Hegi - Published 2020

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The Ludwig Zirkus comes to Germany’s Nordstrand Island every summer, thrilling the town with trained animals in painted wagons, acrobats, and clowns. ...Read Review

The Brideship Wife

By Leslie Howard - Published 2020

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Charlotte is an unmarried woman with few options in 1862 England. Her brother-in-law supports her financially but wishes her to marry; her indifferent cousin ...Read Review

A Shadowed Fate (A Lord Byron Mystery)

By Marty Ambrose - Published 2020

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This sequel to Claire’s Last Secret continues the life of Mary Shelley’s stepsister, Claire Clairmont. Both novels refer to the halcyon ...Read Review

No Small Shame

By Christine Bell - Published 2020

Genres:

Saga

When fifteen-year-old Mary O’Donnell emigrates from Scotland to Australia in 1914, she’s hoping to taste a thin wedge of freedom, like a ...Read Review

The Woman of a Thousand Names

By Alexandra Lapierre - By Jeffrey Zuckerman (trans.) - Published 2020

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

This is the story of Maria “Moura” Ignatyevna Zakrevskaya, an aristocrat who—along with the rest of her social class—suffered at the ...Read Review