Showing posts with the label Historical Fiction

The Island of Sea Women - Lisa See

Summary:  Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very dif…

Someday We Will Fly - Rachel DeWoskin

Summary:  Warsaw, Poland. The year is 1940 and Lillia is 15 when her mother, Alenka, disappears and her father flees wi…

The Secret Life of Mrs. London - Rebecca Rosenberg

Summary:  2019 Gold Medal IPPY Winner!   San Francisco, 1915. As America teeters on the brink of world war, Charmian an…

The Night Tiger - Yangsze Choo

Summary:  When 11-year-old Ren's master dies, he makes one last request of his Chinese houseboy: that Ren find his …

Unsheltered - Barbara Kingsolver

Summary:  The   New York Times   bestselling author of   Flight Behavior, The Lacuna,   and   The Poisonwood Bible   an…

We Were the Lucky Ones - Georgia Hunter

Summary:  It is the spring of 1939 and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best to live normal lives, …

Before We Died (Rivers, #1) - Joan Schweighardt

Summary:  In 1908 two Irish American brothers leave their jobs on the docks of Hoboken, NJ to make their fortune tappin…

The Sisters of the Winter Wood - Rena Rossner

Summary:  Raised in a small village surrounded by vast forests, Liba and Laya have lived a peaceful sheltered life - ev…