B 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
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 >
B+ 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
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 >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsAustralian / British / friendship / medium / non-fiction / prison / prisoner of war / psychology / science / spiritualism / Turkey / War / Military / World War I2 Comments
The astonishing true story of two World War I prisoners who pulled off one of the most ingenious escapes of all time. Imprisoned in a remote Turkish POW camp during World War I, having survived a two-month forced march and a terrifying shootout in the desert, two British officers, Harry ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews1960s / 1970s / activism / non-fiction / prisoner of war / Vietnam / War / Military2 Comments
The true story of the fierce band of women who battled Washington—and Hanoi—to bring their husbands home from the jungles of Vietnam. On February 12, 1973, one hundred and sixteen men who, just six years earlier, had been high flying Navy and Air Force pilots, shuffled, limped, or were carried ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews / Featured / Recommended ReadsCode Name Verity / female friendship / Germany / Historical / pilot / prisoner of war / World War II / Young-Adult20 Comments
“While flying an Allied fighter plane from Paris to England, American ATA pilot and amateur poet, Rose Justice, is captured by the Nazis and sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious women’s concentration camp. Trapped in horrific circumstances, Rose finds hope in the impossible through the loyalty, bravery and friendship of ... more >