May 2007:
JoAnne
Revisiting Old Friends
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The Red Tent by Anita Diamant |
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The biblical story of Jacob and Joseph, but told through the perspective of its
women, and their daily lives. The Story is ancient, but not the human emotions. |
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A Thread Of Grace by Mary Doria Russell |
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A fictional account of how one city helped to hide the Italian Jews
during the German occupation. Determined inspiration and courage.
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The Sixteen Pleasures by Robert Hellenga |
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A young female American art conservator goes to Florence in 1966 to
help save books and art from the floods and the city saves her.
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The Secret Life Of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd |
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A young girl's coming of age story in the American South
of 1964, woven around a Mother's love.
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Our Lady of the Lost and Found by Diane Schoemperlen |
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What happens to a woman's life when the Blessed Virgin Mary walks into a home and invites
herself for a weeklong stay? No matter what your royal or religious status, everyone needs time to sort out life. |
Falise
Mystery in Another Time
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Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear |
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Maisie is a servant in 1930 in London. When her employer sees her interest
in reading she offers to sponsor her education but that is interrupted by the war.
A lifetime after her humble beginnings, Maisie opens a private investigator business.
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The Strange Files of Freemont Jones by Dianne Day |
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Travel back to San Francisco in 1905 with a young women, Freemont Jones, who
opens a typing service. From one typing assignment Freemont is launched into a world
of intrigue with great period detail as a detective.
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Deadly Love by Brenda Joyce |
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Meet unconventional Francesca Cahill who should be enjoying a life of
privilege but longs for adventure. Join Francesca in New York in 1902, when
society and her family frown on her choice of extra curricular activities of solving murders.
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Remember When by Nora Roberts as J.D. Robb |
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Two part novel takes places in two different time periods but woven together
wonderfully - P.I. Max Gannon, 2003 Angel's Gap, MD; Eve Dallas, 2059 New York
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The Jane Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde |
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It is Great Britain circa 1985 ... or not? Follow the literary detective squad and in
particular Thursday Next as she tries to preserve literary classics. You have never read anything like this.
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