Goodreads|Amazon Release date: October 2, 2018 Publisher: St. Martin's Genre: Historical Fiction Blurb: When Caroline Sears receives the news that her unborn baby girl has a heart defect, she is devastated. It is 1970 and there seems to be little that can be done. But her brother-in-law, a physicist, tells her that perhaps there is. … Continue reading The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain
Tag: Historical Fiction
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: March 5, 2019 Publisher: Ballantine Books Genre: Fiction Blurb: Everyone knows Daisy Jones & The Six, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity . . . until now. Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs … Continue reading Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: August 7, 2018 Publisher: Dutton Genre: Historical Fiction Blurb: In her latest captivating novel, nationally bestselling author Fiona Davis takes readers into the glamorous lost art school within Grand Central Terminal, where two very different women, fifty years apart, strive to make their mark on a world set against them. For the … Continue reading The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis
The Subway Girls by Susie Orman Schnall
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: July 10, 2018 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Genre: Historical Fiction Blurb: In 1949, dutiful and ambitious Charlotte's dream of a career in advertising is shattered when her father demands she help out with the family business. Meanwhile, Charlotte is swept into the glamorous world of the Miss Subways beauty contest, which promises … Continue reading The Subway Girls by Susie Orman Schnall
The Lost Family by Jenna Blum
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: June 5, 2018 Publisher: Harper Genre: Historical Fiction Blurb: The New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us creates a vivid portrait of marriage, family, and the haunting grief of World War II in this emotionally charged, beautifully rendered story that spans a generation, from the 1960s to the 1980s … Continue reading The Lost Family by Jenna Blum
Boardwalk Summer by Meredith Jaeger
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: June 19, 2018 Publisher: William Morrow Genre: Historical Fiction Blurb: What happened on that long-ago summer? In this riveting novel from the author of The Dressmaker’s Dowry, an aspiring Hollywood actress makes a shocking choice in 1940, and seventy years later, a young mother sets out to discover what happened … Summer, … Continue reading Boardwalk Summer by Meredith Jaeger
Lady Be Good by Amber Brock
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: June 26, 2018 Publisher: Crown Genre: Historical Fiction Blurb: Set in the 1950s, Lady Be Good is Amber Brock's mesmerizing return, sweeping readers into the world of the mischievous, status-obsessed daughter of a hotel magnate and the electric nightlife of three iconic cities: New York, Miami, and Havana. Kitty Tessler is the … Continue reading Lady Be Good by Amber Brock
The Way of Beauty by Camille DiMaio
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: May 1, 2018 Publisher: Lake Union Genre: Historical Fiction Blurb: Vera Keller, the daughter of German immigrants in turn-of-the-century New York City, finds her life upended when the man she loves becomes engaged to another woman. But Angelo Bellavia has also inadvertently opened up Vera’s life to unexpected possibilities. Angelo’s new wife, … Continue reading The Way of Beauty by Camille DiMaio
The Hunger by Alma Katsu
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: March 6, 2018 Publisher: Putnam Genre: Historical Fiction Blurb: Evil is invisible, and it is everywhere. Tamsen Donner must be a witch. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. Depleted rations, bitter quarrels, and the mysterious death … Continue reading The Hunger by Alma Katsu
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: February 6, 2018 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Genre: Historical Fiction Blurb: Alaska, 1974. Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed. For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival. Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive … Continue reading The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
