The Atomic Weight of Love The Gown: A Novel of the Royal … · 2020. 8. 27. · by Madeline Miller FICTION Miller Patroclus, an awkward young prince, follows Achilles into war, little

The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth J. Church

FICTION CHURCH

In her sweeping debut novel,

Elizabeth J. Church takes us from

the World War II years in Chicago

to the vast sun-parched canyons

of New Mexico in the 1970s as we

follow the journey of a driven,

spirited young woman.

The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin

FICTION Benjamin

A story inspired by the marriage of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, the power couple of their time, told through Anne's perspective.

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News of the World

by Paulette Jiles

FICTION Jiles In the 1800s an aging itinerant

newsreader agrees to return a

young girl freed from her Kiowa

captives to her living relatives in

Texas.

The Things We Cannot Say

by Kelly Rimmer

FICTION Rimmer Told in alternating voices from

present day and Nazi-occupied

Poland, a woman's urgent search for

answers to a family mystery

involving her grandparents'

wartime experiences.

The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding by Jennifer Robson

FICTION Robson Postwar Britain and people are

enduring lives of quiet desperation

in spite of their nation's recent

victory. Among them are two

embroiderers in a famed fashion

house, who assist in the creation

the Queen's wedding gown.

The Age of Light

by Whitney Scharer

FICTION Scharer A debut novel inspired by the life of

the Vogue model-turned-renowned

photographer finds Lee Miller

relocating to 1929 Paris, where she

becomes the muse and colleague of

the Surrealist, Man Ray.

The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

FICTION See The ostracized daughter of a

Japanese collaborator and the

daughter of their Korean village's

head female diver share nearly a

century of friendship that is tested

by their island's torn position

between two warring empires.

The Glovemaker

by Ann Weisgarber

FICTION Weisgarber It's 1888: Deborah waits for her

overdue husband to return from his

travels when a desperate stranger

shows up seeking refuge, turning her

life upside down.

Historical Fiction

Explore different time periods

with these historical novels

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by Kate Atkinson

FICTION Atkinson A BBC radio producer finds herself

targeted by dangerous individuals

from her past as a World War II

espionage monitor for MI5.

The Song of Achilles

by Madeline Miller

FICTION Miller Patroclus, an awkward young

prince, follows Achilles into war,

little knowing that the years that

follow will test everything they

have learned, everything they hold

dear.

Button Man

by Andrew Gross

MYSTERY Gross A disadvantaged but once happy

immigrant family is brought

together and torn apart by the birth

of organized crime in 1930s New

York City.

An Appetite for Violets

by Martine Bailey

MYSTERY Bailey

Biddy Leigh, a 22-year-old under-

cook, finds herself part of a small

group accompanying her new

mistress on a trip across England,

Paris, and Italy. Biddy studies the

foreign cuisines as well as her

mistress, and suspects that

murder is on the menu.

The Great Alone

by Kristin Hannah

FICTION Hannah A former POW impulsively moves

the family to mid-1970s Alaska to

live off the land.

The Jane Austen Society

by Natalie Jenner

FICTION Jenner

A charming account of Jane Austen's Chawton village in the 1940s and the fight to make a memorial and preserve the world-famous authoress' home before her belongings and buildings associated with her are sold.

The Abbott’s Tale

by Conn Iggulden

FICTION Iggulden A 10th-century English abbot tells of his service to seven kings—a story of pride, vengeance, and blood—in a tale abounding with

real historical characters.

I Was Anastasia

by Ariel Lawhon

FICTION Lawhon An evocative retelling of the

Anastasia survival myth follows the

appearance of a traumatized, badly

scarred young woman who claims to

be the youngest Romanov daughter.

Love and Ruin

by Paula McLain

FICTION McLain A tale set on the eve of World War II

inspired by Hemingway's

passionate, stormy marriage to a

fiercely independent, ambitious

young Martha Gellhorn, who

became one of the 20th century's

leading war correspondents.

As Bright as Heaven

by Susan Meissner

FICTION Meissner A tale set in 1918 Philadelphia

during the Spanish flu epidemic and

traces the experiences of a family

reeling from the losses of loved ones

and changes in their adopted city.

The Clockmaker's Daughter

by Kate Morton

FICTION Morton 150 years after an artist's retreat

ends in murder, theft and ruin, a

London archivist is drawn by a

striking photograph and sketchbook

to discover a manor's secrets.

The Wolf and the

Watchman

by Niklas Natt och Dag

LP FICTION Natt och Dog A disabled ex-soldier and a lawyer

with tuberculosis comb the

underworld of 18th-century

Stockholm to unmask a ruthless

murderer.