A John Scognamiglio Book
The Woman in the Castello
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Rome, 1965. When Cinecittà Studios cancels the movie Silvia Whitford has been hired for, she seeks out her reclusive, estranged aunt Gabriella in the ...Read Review
Such Good Friends: A Novel of Truman Capote & Lee Radziwill
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Truman Capote and his circle of wealthy women friends – his swans – defined New York City’s high society of the 1960s and ´70s. ...Read Review
The Seamstress of New Orleans
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Set in New Orleans, a bustling commercial center dominated by wealthy white men, this novel celebrates the nascent movement to empower women. The ...Read Review
A Light Beyond the Trenches
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In 1915 the first chemical weapons attack, loosed by the German Army at Ypres, injures German soldiers in a case of “friendly fire,” and ...Read Review
Churchill’s Secret Messenger
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Rose Teasdale is a typist in Room 60 deep beneath the Treasury building in London. When her supervisor comes to the room with a ...Read Review
All the Forgivenesses
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All the Forgivenesses is a wrenching read. It begins in dirt-poor Kentucky in 1906 and concludes in the oil boom in Kansas, a few ...Read Review
The Long Flight Home
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In September 1940, England’s war with Germany is a year old. France has surrendered, British soldiers evacuated from Dunkirk in June, and in ...Read Review
The Abolitionist’s Daughter
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In 1859, Emily Matthews is living a privileged but sheltered life. Her father, a judge, opposes slavery and has illegally educated the slaves he’...Read Review