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Midnight Crossing
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The plot of this book will mystify anyone unfamiliar with the earlier After Midnight, as readers are expected to know the background and ...Read Review
Beautiful Illusion
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San Francisco, 1939. Young reporter Lily Norby jumps at an opportunity to cover Treasure Island, the upcoming site of the Golden Gate International Exposition. ...Read Review
The River by Starlight
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In the early 20th century, Annie Rushton is shamed in her small Iowa town as a divorced woman and a failed mother. She ...Read Review
Who Are You, Trudy Herman?
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Trudy Herman’s parents had emigrated as children to the U.S. from Germany in 1909. In 1943, Trudy is a typical American teenager, riding ...Read Review
Song of Isabel
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Lady Isabel, daughter of Lord Theodoric of Narbonne, is twelve years old when she is attacked by soldiers and rescued by a stranger ...Read Review
A Promise Given
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A Promise Given is an entertaining romp through the social mores of 1930s Chicago and England, with the American upper crust proving themselves ...Read Review
When It’s Over
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In pre-WWII Prague, Lena Kulkova, who is Jewish, becomes involved with the underground resistance movement, as well as with Otto, a German-Jewish refugee. ...Read Review
Swearing Off Stars
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As we know, the world of the 1920s through 1950s and beyond was anything but kind and understanding to lesbian and gay people. ...Read Review
Dark Lady: A Novel of Emilia Bassano Lanyer
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It is the height of Queen Elizabeth’s reign, a celebrated golden age. The seven-year-old Emilia Bassano is sent away from her mother ...Read Review
The Velveteen Daughter
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This carefully woven story is the fictionalised biography of Pamela Bianco, the daughter of Margery Williams Bianco, author of the children’s classic ...Read Review