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Historical Fiction

An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving

As they do in many of Alcott’s stories, bright girls and resourceful women play prominent roles.

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The Lost Letter

Readers are guided beautifully and creatively through this classic fairy-tale. Subtle details and description are always dropped at just the right moment, and never detract from the story’s forward movement.

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The Women in Black

The Women in Black by Madeleine St. John is a charming story set in 1950s Sydney, Australia, where women at the F.G. Goode department store wear simple black frocks to sell ladies cocktail dresses for Christmas and the New Year.

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The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion

There is so much to love about this story. Themes include family life during WWII, Polish immigrant culture, contemporary Southern small-town life, 1940s Hollywood, stunt piloting—and the marvelous theme of women flying, literally, to new heights.

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The Work of Art

The Work of Art just shot onto my all-time favorite stories list, and I’m picking up more of Mimi Matthews as quickly as I can.

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The Dutch House

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett is a fascinating study of the influence of home.

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Becoming Mrs. Lewis

In Becoming Mrs. Lewis, author Patti Callahan, brings us the story of the woman C. S. Lewis called “my whole world.”

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When We Meet Again

When Emily Emerson is laid off from her reporting job, she thinks she has lost everything—until she receives a beautiful, haunting painting of a young woman, recognizable as her grandmother, standing at the edge of a sugarcane field under a violet sky.

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Grey Mask

In Grey Mask, every scene, even every paragraph, builds solidly on the previous one, creating a satisfying web of mystery. The authentic characters are complex yet consistent.

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