Book Review
The Woman Reporter and the Halifax Explosion
by Meg Nola
An intrepid, boundary-breaking reporter investigates a terrible maritime collision in the riveting historical novel "The Woman Reporter and the Halifax Explosion". In Michael Dupuis’s historical novel "The Woman Reporter and the...
Book Review
Dessyre (des-i-ray)
by Meg Nola
Spotlighting the labyrinthine nature of immigration proceedings through the story of a captivating woman, "Dessyre (des-i-ray)" is a revealing novel. A stalwart Midwestern musician becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman in B. John...
Book Review
What Was Lost
by Meg Nola
A scarred art therapist who’s hungry for personal healing returns to her hometown to confront troubling memories in the cathartic novel "What Was Lost". In Melissa Connelly’s evocative novel "What Was Lost", a woman’s pursuit of...
Book Review
Escaped at Thirteen
by Meg Nola
A story of escaping war to thrive abroad, "Escaped at Thirteen" is an affecting memoir. Iranian emigrant Alieza Mogadam’s compelling memoir "Escaped at Thirteen" is about his forced departure from his homeland during the war between...
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Escape from Siberia, Escape from Memory
by Meg Nola
"Escape from Siberia, Escape from Memory" is a respectful biography that stands as a testament to the historical trials that the Polish people faced. Paul Wojdak’s poignant biography of his father, a Siberian war orphan, "Escape from...
Book Review
The Caricaturist
by Meg Nola
Set in 1897, Norman Lock’s riveting historical novel "The Caricaturist" focuses on Oliver, a Philadelphia native and a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Uninspired by the academy’s faculty of “myopic old men,”...
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Civilisation Française
by Meg Nola
In Mary Fleming’s evocative novel "Civilisation Française", three women’s lives intersect in 1980s Paris. Lily moves to Paris in 1982 to study at the Sorbonne. American-born, Lily was raised in London and speaks French quite well;...
Book Review
Fair Youth
by Meg Nola
In the spirited historical novel "Fair Youth", the oft-debated “Oxfordian” theory of Shakespeare’s authenticity is explored with humor, verve, compassion, and irony. Lawrence Wells’s historical novel "Fair Youth" enlivens the...