As a bibliophile, I appreciate any book about books, or librarians. The setting is the Kentucky coal mining region, at the end of the Depression. The son of the owner of the local mine has married Alice, an English lass, and brought her back to small town Kentucky to live. When the opportunity arises to Read More
Category: Historical Fiction
Fiction researched to be accurate about a specific period in history.
Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker, by Jennifer Chiaverini, and Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker, by Lynda Jones
Yes, there are two books with the same title. While they cover much of the same information, they do so in very different ways. If you are interested in this time frame, I would recommend both. The book by Lynda Jones is published by the National Geographic Society, and restricts itself more to the bare Read More
Call Your Daughter Home, by Deb Spera
This book is set in a small town in South Carolina in 1924. It traces three women, of differing races and classes. The author does an excellent job of telling each woman’s story, in her own voice. While the women know each other, and occasionally help one another, they would not consider themselves to be Read More
Finding Dorothy, by Elizabeth Letts
As you might guess, this is a book about a book, The Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum. Actually, it is about the wife of L Frank Baum, a woman by the name of Maud Gage Baum, who had a rather eventful life. While this is a book of historical fiction, the author did Read More
Johnny Tremain, by Esther Hoskins Forbes
This is another book intended for young people that I missed growing up. And it was definitely around way back then – a 75th anniversary edition of this Newbery Award winner has been recently published. The fact that it was intended for a younger demographic makes it a quick and easy read. While it is Read More