In 1921 Elsa Wolcott was dismissed by her family as “‘too’ everything – too tall, too thin, too pale, too unsure of herself”. Eventually she finds her voice, raises her family in the kids of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl.
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Bucking the Sun by Ivan Doig
n 1938 a Ford truck is hauled from the bottom of the Missouri River; two bodies – a man and a woman – are found inside the truck. Interestingly enough, they are Duffs but are not husband and wife. We aren’t told who they are… Continue reading…
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
Title The Rose Code Author Kate Quinn Copyright 2021 Type Historical Fiction View/Purchase Amazon Finished Reading February 9, 2022 Rating ★★★★ This historical fiction novel explores the lives of 3 young British women, Osla, Mab, and Beth, from 1939 to 1947 as they work in the war effort at Bletchley Park in England. Osla is… Continue reading The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
Title Oh William! Author Elizabeth Strout Copyright 2021 Type Fiction Purchase/View Amazon Finished Reading December 10, 2021 Rating ★★★★ This is Elizabeth Strout’s third book centered on Lucy Barton. First was a book of short stories: My Name is Lucy Barton (2016), followed by Anything is Possible (2017), and now Oh, William (2021). In this… Continue reading Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
Reading: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Amor Towles’ novel A Gentleman in Moscow is a fantastic novel, so when he published this book I jumped on it. In terms of characters, plot, and setting the two novels could not be more different. Instead of focusing (mostly) on one man living in internal exile in a Moscow hotel for years, Towles’ new novel follows four boys on a journey from a Nebraska farm to Manhattan and then California.
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