Tag: historical fiction
-
The Lost Journals of Sacajewea: #bookreview
“In my seventh winter, when my head only reached my Appe’s rib, a White Man came into camp. Bare trees scratched sky. Cold was endless. He moved through trees like strikes of sunlight. My Bia said he came with bad intentions, like a Water Baby’s cry.” Sacajewea, The Lost Journals of Sacajewea The Lost Journals…
-
A Council of Dolls: #bookreview
A Council of Dolls by Mona Susan Power follows three generations of Yanktonai Dakota women and their dolls in three different settings. The story was told from the point of view of each young lady and also her doll. Sissy and her doll, Ethel, live in Chicago with a volatile mother and a dependable father.…
-
The Last Rose of Shanghai: #bookreview
In Japanese-occupied Shanghai, two people from different cultures are drawn together by fate and the freedom of music… -Book Blurb on Amazon The Last Rose of Shanghai by Weina Dai Randel is mostly set in Shanghai during the 1940s. Some parts of the book are set in the 1980s with Aiyi providing information to a…
-
The Secret Stealers: #bookreview
The Secret Stealers begins in Washington D.C. during World War II. Anna Cavanaugh is a gifted French teacher but she wants to do more with her life Do you have what it takes to be a spy? If my cover is being a clumsy, awkward, stressed-out person then I could definitely be a spy. Review…
-
The Fountains of Silence: #bookreview
Synopsis of The Fountains of Silence: Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming promise of sunshine and wine. Among them is eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson, the son of an oil tycoon, who arrives in Madrid with…
-
Wild Women and the Blues: #bookreview
Denny S. Bryce’s Wild Women and the Blues is set in Chicago circa 1925. Film student, Sawyer Hayes, is trying to discover the history of Honoree Dalcour and how she relates to the filmmaker, Oscar Micheaux. Sawyer has found a film in his grandmother’s attic that may have been made by Michaeux. He is hoping…
-
The Smallest Man: #bookreview
‘I want you to remember something, Nat. You’re small on the outside. But inside you’re as big as everyone else. You show people that and you won’t go far wrong in life.’ The Smallest Man by Frances Quinn begins in 1625 when Nat Davy was a young boy. The book tells the story of Nat…
-
The Eighth Life: #bookreview
The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili is set in the country of Georgia, the former Soviet republic. I don’t know very much about Georgia so reading this book was like seeing a little glimpse of Georgian life. There were historical figures and events that match up with actual events. Of course, this book is fictional so…
You must be logged in to post a comment.