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Friday, December 01, 2023

Resistance and memory: Lauren Grodstein's We Must Not Think of Ourselves

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Acts of resistance take many forms. For the Jews confined in the Warsaw Ghetto by the Nazis in November 1940, conditions are miserable: cram...
Saturday, November 25, 2023

Experience a courageous woman's life in early Maine with Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River

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Spanning the winter of 1789–90 in Hallowell, Maine, from the freezing of the Kennebec River to its late thaw, Lawhon’s outstanding sixth nov...
Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Daniel Mason's epic North Woods reveals the interconnectedness of humanity and nature over centuries

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From the moment two forbidden lovers – the prospective wife of an abusive minister and a reported troublemaker she ironically met at church ...
Thursday, November 16, 2023

The 2023 Goodreads Choice Awards historical fiction nominees are up – but look in other categories, too

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The initial round of the 2023 Goodreads Choice Awards is open for voting through Sunday, November 26th. Have you made your selections yet? ...
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Monday, November 13, 2023

Jon Clinch's The General and Julia showcases the multifaceted nature of an American icon

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The most celebrated general of the Union army, he negotiated the Confederacy’s surrender wearing an ordinary soldier’s garb. Born to an abol...
Tuesday, November 07, 2023

Telling a Family Story, an essay by Teresa H. Janssen, author of The Ways of Water

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Teresa H. Janssen is here today with a post about transforming family history into historical fiction. Her grandmother, Josie Belle Gore, in...
Saturday, November 04, 2023

Review of Gail Lukasik's gothic mystery The Darkness Surrounds Us, set in early 20th-century northern Michigan

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Overly curious. Inquisitive. Too assertive for her own good. These are unwelcome qualities for a woman in late 1918. But Nellie Lester is on...
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