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Published May 2013
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by Ellen Feldman
Published May 2012
Read ReviewsBeautifully crafted and unforgettable, Next to Love depicts the enduring power of love and friendship, and illuminates a transformational moment in American history.
by Lauren Belfer
Published Apr 2011
Read ReviewsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of City of Light comes a compelling, richly detailed tale of passion and intrigue set in New York City during the tumultuous early days of World War II.
by Hillary Jordan
Published Mar 2009
Read ReviewsIt is 1946, and city-bred Laura McAllan is trying to raise her children on her husband's Mississippi Delta farm - a place she finds foreign and frightening. In the midst of the family's struggles, two young men return from the war to work the land. It is the unlikely friendship of these brothers-in-arms that drives this powerful novel to its ...
by Michael Lowenthal
Published Jan 2008
Read ReviewsCharity Girl examines one of the darkest periods in our history, when patriotic fervor and fear led to devastating consequences. During World War I, the U.S. government went on a moral and medical campaign, quarantining and incarcerating young women who were thought to have venereal diseases. They were called charity girls
by James McBride
Published Jan 2003
Read ReviewsA singular evocation of war, cruelty, passion, and heroism, based on an historical incident at a small village in Tuscany, and on the experiences of the famed Buffalo soldiers from the 92nd Division in Italy during World War II.
by Bebe Moore Campbell
Published Sep 2002
Read ReviewsA stunning account of the changes in white attitudes toward blacks during the second half of the 20th century and a sensitive look at what betrayal--of friendship and of love--does to us all. Ultimately, this is a moving book about healing.
By The Light of My Father's Smile
by Alice Walker
Published Aug 1999
Read ReviewsExplores the richness and coherence of alternative culture, experience of sexuality as a celebration of life, of trust in Nature and the Spirit.
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