The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud
“Just read the first page and tell me you don’t already love this book!” is how my friend C. convinced …
Category Archives: Women’s history
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
Excellent Women is, indeed, excellent: one of the most satisfying novels I’ve read in a while. Written in 1952 and …
A Dangerous Inheritance by Alison Weir
Time to pull out Rebecca Fraser’s The Story of Britain once again. I wanted to be sure I had my …
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb
Having written some tourism-boosting articles about southeastern Massachusetts in my younger days, I was aware that Mr. & Mrs. Tom …
44 of 55: Mary Boleyn, The Mistress of Kings by Alison Weir
Alison Weir is an historian and a storyteller. She’s written compelling historical fiction (most recently, the heartbreaking Innocent Traitor: A …
38 of 55: Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace by Kate Summerscale
Interesting to read this book so soon after Loving Frank, which chronicles the struggles of an American woman to break …
36 of 55: Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
After stocking up on a hefty stack of gently-used books at the Quaker Book Sale last month, I re-assessed my …
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