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December 6, 2022

REVIEW: Widow 1881 by Sara Dahmen

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1880s / American historical / doctor hero / First-Person / fish-out-of-water / Historical / Historical fiction / South Dakota / virgin hero / western / Widowed HeroineNo Comments

Proper Boston widow Jane Weber moves to the Dakota Territories under layers of lies to save her reputation. Stirring up controversy, Jane rooms with the last Blackfoot Sioux in town while navigating a mercurial friendship with the fiercely independent town grocer. In Flats Junction, though, everyone has an untold story. ... more >

October 11, 2022

REVIEW: When We Meet Again by Carla Kelly

JayneB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAmerican historical / Anthology / farming / Historical / Kansas City / novellas / Oklahoma / prisoner of war / secretary / War / Military / World War II / Wyoming13 Comments

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If you must fight a war, make it good one, so you can entertain admiring children and grandchildren years in the future. What if your World War II stories are nothing more glamorous than an aircraft factory in boring Kansas, or a sugar beet farm in Southeast Wyoming Dear Ms. ... more >

June 29, 2022

REVIEW: The Nurse’s Secret by Amanda Skenandore

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican historical / Historical fiction / Late Victorian / nurse / NYC / thiefComments Off on REVIEW: The Nurse’s Secret by Amanda Skenandore

Based on Florence Nightingale’s nursing principles, Bellevue is the first school of its kind in the country. Where once nurses were assumed to be ignorant and unskilled, Bellevue prizes discipline, intellect, and moral character, and only young women of good breeding need apply. At first, Una balks at her prim ... more >

June 7, 2022

REVIEW: Last Call at the Nightingale by Katharine Schellman

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1920s / American historical / class differences / Historical / Jazz Age / LGBTQIA characters / murder mystery / New York City / POC / working class1 Comments

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New York, 1924. Vivian Kelly’s days are filled with drudgery, from the tenement lodging she shares with her sister to the dress shop where she sews for hours every day. But at night, she escapes to The Nightingale, an underground dance hall where illegal liquor flows and the band plays ... more >

May 6, 2022

REVIEW: The Book Woman’s Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican historical / domestic abuse / domestic violence / First-Person / forced sterilization / gender-based violence / Historical / Historical fiction / Kentucky / librarian / miscegenation / POC / poverty / racism / Young-Adult2 Comments

Bestselling historical fiction author Kim Michele Richardson is back with the perfect book club read following Honey Lovett, the daughter of the beloved Troublesome book woman, who must fight for her own independence with the help of the women who guide her and the books that set her free. In ... more >

April 27, 2022

REVIEW: In the Face of the Sun by Denny S. Bryce

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / 1960s / African American women / American historical / domestic abuse / domestic violence / dual-timeline / estranged marriage / family relationships / First-Person / gender-based violence / Historical / journalist / Los Angeles / POC / POC author / police brutality / racism / road novels / road trip / Womens-FictionComments Off on REVIEW: In the Face of the Sun by Denny S. Bryce

At the height of the Civil Rights Movement amidst an America convulsed by the 1960s, a pregnant young woman and her brash, profane aunt embark upon an audacious road trip from Chicago to Los Angeles to confront a decades-old mystery from 1920’s Black Hollywood in this haunting novel of historical ... more >

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