About the Book: Girl. Warrior. Heretic. Saint? France is mired in a losing war against England. Its people are starving. Its king is in hiding. Yet out of the chaos, an unlikely heroine emerges. Reckless, steel-willed and brilliant, Joan has survived a childhood steeped in both joy and violence to claim an extraordinary - and … Continue reading Book Review: Joan by Katherine J. Chen
Fictional Biography
Book Review: The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher
About the Book: The captivating story of a trailblazing young woman who fought against incredible odds to bring one of the most important books of the twentieth century to the world. For readers of The Paris Library, The Age of Light and The Paris Wife. PARIS, 1919. Young, bookish Sylvia Beach knows there is no … Continue reading Book Review: The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher
Book Review: The Magician by Colm Tóibín
About the Book: When the Great War breaks out in 1914 Thomas Mann, like so many of his fellow countrymen, is fired up with patriotism. He imagines the Germany of great literature and music, which had drawn him away from the stifling, conservative town of his childhood, might be a source of pride once again. … Continue reading Book Review: The Magician by Colm Tóibín
Book Review: Half Life by Jillian Cantor
Half Life… About the Book: A brilliant sliding-doors reimagining of the passionate life of the first woman to win a Nobel Prize – and the life Marie Curie might have led if she had chosen love over science. Poland, 1891. Marie Curie (then Marya Sklodowska) was engaged to a budding mathematician, Kazimierz Zorawski. But when … Continue reading Book Review: Half Life by Jillian Cantor
Bookish TV: Z The Beginning of Everything
Z The Beginning of Everything tells the story of the early years between Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald and F. Scott Fitzgerald. It's based on the novel, Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler. I haven't read the book but I am familiar with Fowler's work having read the novel she wrote about the … Continue reading Bookish TV: Z The Beginning of Everything
#BookBingo – Round 13
An easy category to fill this week as I read quite a few books that fit this particular bill. This round gives me a vertical line filled, right down the middle, so bingo! Fictional biography about a woman from history: The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer The Age of Light is a fictional biography … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 13
New Release Book Review: The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer
The Age of Light… About the Book: Model. Muse. Lover. Artist. One cool day in 1929, Lee Miller arrives in bohemian Paris to pursue her dream of being an artist, having left behind a successful modelling career at Vogue. Gorgeous and talented, she catches the eye of renowned Surrealist artist Man Ray and convinces him … Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer
Pre-Release Book Review: The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
The Only Woman in the Room… About the Book: She was beautiful. She was a genius. Could the world handle both? A powerful, illuminating novel about Hedy Lamarr. Hedy Kiesler is lucky. Her beauty leads to a starring role in a controversial film and marriage to a powerful Austrian arms dealer, allowing her to evade … Continue reading Pre-Release Book Review: The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
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