Historical Fiction

A Fortune of Sand by Ruta Sepetys

A thoughtful, spoiler-free review of A Fortune of Sand by Ruta Sepetys, a 1927 Detroit mystery about a designing heiress, a secret artists' residency, and vanishing women.

The Foursome by Christina Baker Kline

Christina Baker Kline reimagines her own family history in The Foursome, a thoughtful novel about Sarah and Adelaide Yates, who in 1843 married the world-famous Bunker twins. Narrated by the quiet, observant Sallie, this is less a tale of spectacle than a slow study of marriage, sisterhood, complicity, and the late ripening of a woman's conscience.

The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff

A spoiler-free review of The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff, a literary family novel about a marriage in crisis, a quiet diagnosis, and the meaning of home.

John of John by Douglas Stuart

An honest, spoiler-free review of John of John by Douglas Stuart, the Booker-winner's third novel set on the Isle of Harris. Three generations, one croft, and the things a community agrees not to say.

The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett

Kathryn Stockett's long-awaited return, The Calamity Club, follows three women in 1933 Oxford, Mississippi who refuse to take what life has handed them: an eleven-year-old orphan with a sharp mouth, a chinless small-town spinster, and a desperate mother running on fumes. Funny, occasionally baggy, and full of women you do not forget after the last page.

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