Although this novel opens with a horrifying image, it is not filled with violence. Instead it is a braided narrative about two women, mother and daughter, and they ways in which they […]
THE TUSCAN SECRET by Angela Petch
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK by Geraldine Brooks
This book is a braided narrative alternating between the present day (1996) and the past. Dr. Hanna Heath is an Australian conservator come to Sarajevo to restore the Sarajevo Haggadah, a most […]
Kate Quinn’s THE ALICE NETWORK narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
Kate Quinn’s THE ALICE NETWORK is superb. Like many historical novels today, this one has a braided narrative, alternating between 1915 and 1947. Nineteen-year-old Charlotte “Charlie” Sinclair is looking for her much-loved […]
Simon Mawrer’s THE GLASS ROOM
THE GLASS ROOM by Simon Mawrer is the story of a fabulous house (based upon the Villa Tugendhat in Brno) built in Czechoslovakia in the late 1920s for a young couple. When […]
THE BEAST’S GARDEN BY Kate Forsyth. Narrated by Jennifer Vuletic.
I am a fan of Kate Forsyth. I love the way in which she takes folk tales and put a new twist on them. I loved Bitter Greens (her take on Rapunzel), […]
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