Don’t Forget to Write follows Marilyn Kleinman, a young woman in the 1960s whose life is upended after a scandal sends her to live with her sharp-tongued Aunt Ada for the summer. What starts as punishment quickly shifts into a season of transformation filled with hilarious banter, family secrets, and lessons in independence. The characters…
Tag: Historical Fiction
Good Grief
In Good Grief, we follow Ruby and Barbara—two very different women whose lives intersect as they each wrestle with loss, identity, and the messy, often nonlinear process of healing. The novel explores the idea that grief looks different for everyone, it’s never a competition, and sometimes the hardest (and bravest) thing is realizing you can’t…
Behind Every Good Man
It’s 1962, and Beverly Diamond’s picture-perfect suburban life crumbles when she discovers her husband, Larry, in a compromising position with his secretary. Left with two kids, no degree, and little financial support, Bev refuses to play the victim. Instead, she dives headfirst into politics, joining the campaign of Larry’s underdog rival, Michael Landau. With grit,…
The Hounding
A small village is shaken when strange occurrences begin to stir, particularly around a group of girls and an old, tightly woven community. Told through the alternating perspectives of the townspeople, the girls, and a grandfather named Joseph, the story weaves together suspicion, fear, and whispers that quickly grow into something far more dangerous. As…
The Nature of Fragile Things
Set against the backdrop of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, The Nature of Fragile Things follows Sophie, a young Irish immigrant who answers a mail-order bride ad in hopes of building a better life. But when she arrives in California, she quickly discovers her new husband is hiding dark secrets. As the earth begins to…
The Amalfi Curse
We just booked our trip to Italy for a wedding and so of course I had to read an Italy story this weekend. Set against the dazzling coastline of Positano, The Amalfi Cure follows Haven Ambrose, a daring nautical archaeologist searching for a hidden cache of gemstones her late father once glimpsed beneath the sea….
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
This review pains me so much to write but Grady did not deliver with Witchcraft for Wayward Girls. I adore Grady’s books and his weird ideas but being 4months postpartum- I am not the right audience for a story about Maternity Homes in the 1960s/1970s right now. This book felt so different from Grady’s other…
Spitting Gold
Set in 19th century Pairs, Spitting Gold, follows sisters Sylvie and Charlotte as they serve as spirit mediums to the wealthy. It’s been two years since, Sylvie left home and married a Baron, and as a Lady she has put her spirit medium past away. That is until Charlotte finds her and convinces her to…
The Frozen River
Inspired by the real-life diaries of 18th Century midwife Martha Ballard, Ariel Lawhon gives readers just a glance into the life of women in post-Revolution, small town America. Often illiterate and with no prospects other than marrying and having babies, women of the late 18th century were vulnerable and tended to be given sentences (whether…
Divine Rivals
Following two young rival journalist, Divine Rivals is by far more of an enemies to lovers romance story than anything else. While the plot dips into the historical fiction realm, and there is obviously the fantasy aspect with magic and gods etc, this is much more a love story. It is certainly a YA romance,…