Clarissa Harwood
The Last Mrs. Summers (A Royal Spyness Mystery)
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England, 1935. Georgie, cousin to the King of England and a newlywed, finds herself with time on her hands when her husband leaves for ...Read Review
The Daughters of Foxcote Manor
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A baby abandoned on a tree stump in a remote forest lies at the centre of this enthralling dual-timeline novel. There’s also ...Read Review
The Astonishing Life of August March
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The phrase “child of the theater” has never been more literally or comically depicted than in this delightful romp of a book. August ...Read Review
The Woman in the Mirror
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In 1947 Cornwall, Alice Miller accepts a post as governess to the two motherless children of Captain de Grey at Winterbourne, a remote mansion ...Read Review
For Love and Country
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Lottie Palmer, daughter of a Detroit automobile magnate, has tried to be the perfect debutante, but the excesses of her social set make ...Read Review
Deacon King Kong
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This novel is set in a Brooklyn housing project called the Cause in 1969. The eponymous protagonist (also called Sportcoat), a widowed alcoholic and ...Read Review
The Dearly Beloved
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I’m rarely at a loss for words when writing reviews, but this time I’m certain that nothing I write can possibly ...Read Review
My Dearest Dietrich: A Novel of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Lost Love
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Most readers will have heard of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: pastor, theologian, and a member of the German resistance movement. Opposed to Hitler’s regime ...Read Review
The Road to Grantchester
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England, 1938. Eighteen-year-old Sidney Chambers’ life is filled with “study, friendship, peace and parties,” but that changes when WWII begins and Sidney and his ...Read Review
The Age of Light
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I love learning about women whom history has downplayed or ignored, such as Lee Miller, American fashion model-turned-photographer. The novel begins with Lee ...Read Review
