Beheld by TaraShea Nesbit
Plymouth, Massachusetts was set to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s landing in 2020, although many events had to …
Category Archives: Women’s history
Someone by Alice McDermott
Young Marie’s Brooklyn neighbor Pegeen has been having problems keeping her balance as she heads back and forth to work …
Hild by Nicola Griffith
Breguswith—not to be confused with Begu—and Hereswith. Coelgar and his son Coelfrith. Cian, Ceredig, Cadwallon, Cwichelm. Aethelric, Aethelburh, Aedilgith, Aelberht, …
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
No great fan of Elizabeth Gilbert’s colossally popular memoir Eat, Pray, Love, I almost gave The Signature of All Things …
Longbourn by Jo Baker
Longbourn opens with a detailed description of a housemaid’s early morning labors, fetching the water from the well for laundry …
The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton DiSclafani
I quickly got caught up in The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, an atmospheric, well-written coming of age novel set …
The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín
A slender book, at eighty-one pages, but one that makes a big impact. Its subject: the final reflections of Mary, …
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both…” Did you ever wonder what your …
Cascade by Maryanne O’Hara
I’d anticipated reading Cascade, because its central action is a source of sad fascination: the deliberate flooding of several small …
Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
Who can turn the world on with her smile Who can take a nothing day, And suddenly make it all …
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