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Refugees in Their Own Country: Untold Stories of Courage
Today I want to introduce you to Song for Another Home, the story of two cousins, a sudden evacuation, and a war most of us never learned about in school.
Beyond Robinson Crusoe: Riches to Rags on a Rocky Island
Could a lone French noblewoman survive on a rocky island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence? Find out more in my review of Isola, by Allegra Goodman.
Secrets, Sacrifice, and Survival: A WWII Saga That Spans Decades
My review of The Things We Cannot Say, a tension-filled dual-time-period novel set in the life of a family in small-town Poland at the beginning of World War II, and in the contemporary U.S. in the life of a family stretched to its limits caring for their autistic, non-verbal son.
Courage in the Paris Underground
If you enjoy novels that stretch characters to their limits, or even beyond, to pursue their highest calling, you’ll love Skylark! I review this new novel by Paula McLain.
Two Days to Disaster: The Genius of Robert Harris’s Pompeii
What if the fate of Pompeii depended not on a soldier or emperor, but on an engineer racing against a mountain ready to explode? I review Robert Harris’s novel, Pompeii.
From Secret Intelligence to Soufflés: How WWII Shaped a Culinary Icon
How did Julia McWilliams progress from her role as a clerk for the Office of Strategic Services (the CIA’s predecessor) to gathering intelligence in World War II to becoming a celebrity chef and cookbook author? We discuss a surprising novel based on a little-known part of the famous chef’s life.
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Verona, 1571.
When Caterina welcomes her husband’s brilliant student, Alessandro, into their home, she has no idea how he will heighten the danger her family faces as the Inquisition closes in.
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