The German Wife
The German Wife is an odd name for a novel that is equally about a German wife and an American wife. Kelly Rimmer’s novel follows the two very different lives […]
Playing Catch-up
Here are some short summaries of books I have read recently. With one exception, all of these have been audiobooks. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir This is a great […]
The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare
The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare by Kimberly Brock is about the mother-daughter relationship between Alice Young, a World War II widow, and 13-year-old Penn. The story begins in 1945, […]
The Last Rose of Shanghai
The Last Rose of Shanghai by Weina Dai Randel is a historical fiction romance set in Shanghai during World War II. It involves a love story between a wealthy Chinese […]
The Living and The Lost
The Living and The Lost is the second book by Ellen Feldman that I have read. Like the first one, Paris Never Leaves You, this book is also about survivor’s […]
Facing The Mountain
Facing The Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II is an engrossing non-fiction account of the military bravery of Japanese Americans, along with the shameful […]
Dear Mrs. Bird
Dear Mrs. Bird by A. J. Pearce is a World War II novel that revolves around letters. The main character, Emmaline “Emmy” Lake spends a great deal of time reading […]
The Forest of Vanishing Stars
The Forest of Vanishing Stars is the second Kristin Harmel World War II book I have read this year. I enjoyed this much more than I did The Book of […]
The Flight Girls
The Flight Girls by Noelle Salazar wasn’t at all what I thought it would be when I purchased it as an Audible Daily Deal last year. From the cover, I […]
The Last Green Valley
The Last Green Valley by Mark Sullivan is a fictionalized account of the real-life story of the Martel family’s harrowing experiences during and after World War II. Sullivan met with […]