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December 23, 2022

REVIEW: Hen Fever: A Sapphic Victorian Romance by Olivia Waite

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1860s / being true to oneself / bisexual / chickens / Christmas / Crimean War / England / holiday novella / lesbian heroine / LGBTQIA characters / LGBTQIA romance / LGBTQIA+ / novella / self discovery / Victorian England8 Comments

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Lydia Wraxhall is on her best behavior every day of the year—except one: the annual Bickerton Christmas Poultry Show. On that day she brushes her birds, sharpens her tongue, and engages in the closest thing the village knows to war. Harriet Boyne is a soldier’s widow reeling from the worst ... more >

September 1, 2022

REVIEW: The Physician’s Daughter by Martha Conway

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1860s / complex heroine / female doctor / Historical fiction / marriage-of-convenience / Massachusetts / medical school / Ohio / post Civil War / prickly heroine / prisoner of war / PTSD / self discoveryNo Comments

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A compelling novel of female perseverance and the role of women in society set in the aftermath of the American Civil War. For readers of Tracy Chevalier. In a world made for men, can one woman break free from tradition and walk a new path? It is 1865, the American ... more >

Black cover with titles in different fonts and sizes for each line, an old timey picture coloured in yellow and red of an 1860s woman (presumably Elizabeth Packard) behind bars
July 23, 2021

REVIEW: The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1860s / activism / feminism / health care / Historical Biography / mental illness / non-fiction11 Comments

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Dear Kate Moore, I listened to your first book, The Radium Girls back in 2018 and was enthralled by it. (It’s a fantastic book but hard to hear because of the infuriating and tragic content.) So when I saw you had a new book coming out I snapped it up.  ... more >

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