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Author
Publisher
Black Lab Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Mary Roberts is a poor gutter child living in a council flat in 1950's London. When she and her sister are left at an orphanage by their mother, they don't think their lives can get any worse. Harry Evans is an orphan who finds himself, with Mary and her sister, on board a ship bound for Australia. They're sent to a farm school for children where abuse and neglect are rife. A journey that will change their lives forever, and from which they'll never...
14) Sofia
Author
Series
Reign of the favored women novels volume 1
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Century
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
1963, a chateau in Provence. It's late afternoon when Alexandra arrives, and the chateau before her is old, substantial and its four large towers seem to grow out of the soil. It is, she thinks, reassuring in its permanence and solidity. Less reassuring are the three silent, rather hostile children waiting for her inside. They are to be her charges for a month- a boy and two girls badly in need of some love, attention, and an English education. Fresh...
17) The awakenings
Author
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Yorkshire, 1890. Forced to exchange her childhood home for her uncle's vicarage after a tragic loss, Olwen Malkon finds herself trapped between her aunt's cruelty and the sinister advances of her cousin. When Olwen finds herself afflicted by strange dreams of a woman from a distant past, whose fate is overshadowed by menace and betrayal, those around her are determined to dismiss them as hysteria - except the local doctor, John, with whom she develops...
Author
Series
Publisher
ALA Editions, An imprint of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Historical fiction is usually described by time, place, individual name, or topic. But many historical subgenres are co-opted into genres such as mystery, romance, and science fiction. Baker helps librarians focus on the aspects of historical fiction that draw readers in, and shows how to identify them quickly enough to make educated suggestions.
Author
Publisher
Wholesome Hearts Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
What's a matchmaker to do when the husband -to-be rejects the bride? Again... Widowed as a young wife, Cara Cargill turned her head for business and love of romance into a successful mail-order bride enterprise. She's never had a problem matching couples until one mule-headed man continues to refuse to wed the women she sends to meet him in Grass Valley Oregon. In an effort to make a match he'll keep and uphold her sterling reputation, Cara is desperate...
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