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The Nix by Nathan Hill

by Good Book Fairy | Nov 30, 2016 | Family, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Year 2016

The Nix by Nathan Hill– 628 pages Book Blurb: It’s 2011, and Samuel Andresen-Anderson—college professor, stalled writer—has a Nix of his own: his mother, Faye. He hasn’t seen her in decades, not since she abandoned the family when he was a boy. Now she’s re-appeared,...

The One Man by Andrew Gross

by Good Book Fairy | Oct 17, 2016 | Adventure, Beach Read, Favorites, Germany, Historical Fiction, Holocaust, Judaic Themes or Characters, Poland, Thriller, WW2, Year 2016 | 4 comments

The One Man by Andrew Gross– Audio Version Book Blurb: 1944. Physics professor Alfred Mendel and his family were trying to flee Paris when they were caught and forced onto a train, along with thousands of other Jewish families. At the other end of the long, torturous...

Mischling by Affinity Konar

by Good Book Fairy | Oct 16, 2016 | Favorites, Germany, Historical Fiction, Holocaust, Judaic Themes or Characters, Literary Fiction, Medical, Poland, Suspense, Year 2016

Mischling by Affinity Konar– 344 pages Book Blurb: Pearl is in charge of: the sad, the good, the past. Stasha must care for: the funny, the future, the bad. It’s 1944 when the twin sisters arrive at Auschwitz with their mother and grandfather. In their benighted...

Protecting Paige by Deby Eisenberg

by Good Book Fairy | Oct 5, 2016 | Beach Read, Book Club, Chicago, Historical Fiction, Judaic Themes or Characters, Year 2016

Protecting Paige by Deby Eisenberg – 336 pages Book Blurb: It is the still innocent year of 1962, and twelve-year-old Paige Noble awakens in a hospital room in Chicago. She has no memory of the random act of gang violence that has left her injured and orphaned. As she...

The Velvet Hours by Alyson Richman

by Good Book Fairy | Sep 18, 2016 | Art, Books About Books, Family, Favorites, France, Historical Fiction, Judaic Themes or Characters, Romance, WW2, Year 2016

The Velvet Hours by Alyson Richman – 384 pages ARC by Alyson Richman Book Blurb: An elusive courtesan, Marthe de Florian cultivated a life of art and beauty, casting out all recollections of her impoverished childhood in the dark alleys of Montmartre. With Europe on...

The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro

by Good Book Fairy | Sep 16, 2016 | Art, Boston, Favorites, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Year 2016

The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro – 360 pages Book Blurb: Almost twenty-five years after the infamous art heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum—still the largest unsolved art theft in history—one of the stolen Degas paintings is delivered to the Boston studio of a...

The Nix by Nathan Hill

The One Man by Andrew Gross

Mischling by Affinity Konar

Protecting Paige by Deby Eisenberg

The Velvet Hours by Alyson Richman

The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro

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