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City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
This novel traces the experiences of a theater insider in 1940s New York who discovers that she does not have to be a “good girl” in order to be a good person.
Publication: June 2019
The Confessions of Frannie Langon by Sara Collins
A servant and former slave enduring a sensational trial for her employers’ murders reflects on her Jamaican childhood and her apprenticeship under a debauched scientist whose questionable ethics set the stage for a forbidden affair.
Publication: May 2019
Fled by Meg Keneally
Forced by poverty to live in the forest, Jenny Trelawney becomes a successful highway woman until her luck runs out. Transported to Britain’s furthest colony, Jenny must tackle new challenges and growing responsibilities. Meg Keneally’s debut solo novel is an epic historical adventure based on the extraordinary life of convict Mary Bryant.
Publication: July 2019
Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly
Based on true events, a tale set a generation before Lilac Girls traces the stories of three women, including Caroline Ferriday’s mother, a Romanov cousin and a fortune-teller’s daughter, against a backdrop of the Russian revolution and World War I.
Publication: April 2019
Wunderland by Jennifer Cody Epstein
A German-American woman in 1989 New York City evaluates her relationship with her late mother, whose childhood best friendship was shattered in the wake of a betrayal involving the Hitler Youth movement and a family secret.
Publication: April 2019
Bonus Nonfiction: The British are Coming by Rick Atkinson
Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Rick Atkinson turns his attention to the American Revolution in this new volume beginning withe battles of Lexington and Concord.
Publication: May 2019
Giveaway
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Post by Susie Rivera, Reference Specialist