Jo Ann Butler
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 Wild Impossibility
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Few jobs are as stressful as that of a nurse in a neonatal ICU, and in February 2011, Kira is maxed out by her ...Read Review
The Orphan’s Song
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Venice in 1734 is a skilled singer’s wonderland. Operas, theaters, parties large and small; all cry out for musicians, and the best are ...Read Review
Feast Your Eyes
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Lillian Preston is a woman driven to capture her unique world vision through the lens of her camera. In 1953, the seventeen-year old abandons ...Read Review
The Last Thing You Surrender
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Private George Simon of Mobile, Alabama, is introduced to war in 1941 when his ship is attacked at Pearl Harbor. Badly injured and trapped ...Read Review
The Murmur of Bees
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From his birth in 1910, it is clear there is something unusual about Simonopio Morales. It isn’t just the birth defect which disfigures ...Read Review
The Road Beyond Ruin
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Germany’s surrender to the Allies in May 1945 ended World War II, but Europe’s suffering is scarcely abated. Stefano, a scarred Italian ...Read Review
Daughter of Moloka’i
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Ruth (Watanabe) Harada is a survivor of not one, but two forced internments. When her parents were infected with leprosy, they were exiled ...Read Review
Tonic and Balm
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In 1919 medicine shows have lost their popularity, but Doc Bell’s Miracles and Mirth Medicine Show is still hanging on by a shoestring. ...Read Review
Washington Black
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The future looks bleak for Washington Black, for what does an 11-year-old slave on a Barbados sugar plantation have to look forward to ...Read Review
