Haunting Paris by Mamta Chaudhry β 288 pages Finished copy provided by Nan A. Talese in exchange for an honest review.Β Book Blurb: In the summer of 1989, while all of Paris is poised to celebrate the bicentennial of the French Revolution, Sylvie mourns the loss of...
If You Want to Make God Laugh by Bianca Marais β 432 pages ARC courtesy of G.P. Putnam’s Sons in exchange for an honest review.Β Book Blurb: In a squatter camp on the outskirts of Johannesburg, seventeen-year-old Zodwa lives in desperate poverty, under the...
Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly β Audio Book Blurb: It is 1914 and the world has been on the brink of war so many times, many New Yorkers treat the subject with only passing interest. Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St. Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva,...
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See β374 pages Book Blurb: Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their villageβs...
The Crate: A Story of War, A Murder and Justice by Deborah Vadas Levison β 358 pages Book Blurb: After surviving the horrors of the Holocaust β in ghettos, on death marches, and in concentration camps β a young couple seeks refuge in Canada. They settle into a new...
The Only Woman In The Room by Marie Benedict – 243Β pages Book Blurb: She was beautiful. She was a genius. Could the world handle both? A powerful, illuminating novel about Hedy Lamarr.Β Hedy Kiesler is lucky. Her beauty leads to a starring role in a...
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