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The Thread Collectors by Shaunna Edwards and Allyson Richman. This historical fiction novel, set in 1863 follows the intertwined lives of Stella, a young Black lady in Louisiana, who embroiders intricate maps to freedom for runaway slaves, and Lily, a New York City woman who stitches quilts for her husband who is stationed with the Union Army in Louisiana. Their lives collide in New Orleans where they discover that the most delicate threads can save lives and tie destinies together. This book has been reviewed by a number of our Nevermore readers, and all agree that it is a phenomenally well written, captivating story of female friendship, strength and perseverance in the face of near overwhelming adversity. ML
The
Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II by Buzz Bissinger is the
retelling of a little-known but historically significant football game played
on the South Pacific island of Guadalcanal on Christmas Eve, 1944. Bissinger
(the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Friday Night Lights) has brought
together oral histories, newspaper articles, and rigorous research to bring to
life this near-forgotten game that involved the greatest gathering of college
football stars who would go on to fight in World War II. KN
The
Wonders of Lost Causes by Nick Trout is the heartwarming novel of a single mom and
her chronically ill son and how their lives are upended and enriched by the arrival
of an unexpected new family member – a very special dog named Whistler. Dr.
Kate Blunt is a young single mother whose son, Jasper, has cystic fibrosis. This
incurable lung condition has precluded the Blunts from getting a dog, until Whistler
shows up at the door of Dr. Kate’s veterinary practice and makes an unexpected
and instantaneous bond with Jasper. WJ
Also mentioned:
This Is
Going To Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Young Doctor by Adam Kay
Moby
Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys
Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and
Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them by Donovan Hohn
Haven by Emma Donoghue
The
Clockmaker’s Daughter
by Kate Morton
The Lost
Apothecary
by Sarah Penner
The
Secret Guests
by Benjamin Black
The Turn
of the Screw
and Daisy Miller by Henry James
Queen of
the Underworld
by Gail Godwin
The
Purpose Driven Life
by Rick Warren
“Life Was
Meant to Be Lived”: A Centenary Portrait
of Eleanor Roosevelt
by Joseph P. Lash
Why
Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu and
James A. Robinson
All Good
People Here
by Ashley Flowers
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