book reviews
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1860: As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, is facing her own battle. The enemy sits across the table and sleeps in the next room. Her husband of twenty-one years is plotting against her because he feels increasingly threatened—by Elizabeth’s intellect, independence, and unwillingness…
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As a historical fiction fan, I was super happy to get the chance to read The Secret Life of Mrs London, by Rebecca Rosenberg. Here’s the scoop: San Francisco, 1915. As America teeters on the brink of world war, Charmian and her husband, famed novelist Jack London, wrestle with genius and desire, politics and marital competitiveness.…
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Here is a link to my latest review for the excellent book site, Bookbrowse. White Houses by Amy Bloom was a really interesting read, not least because I had very little (no) foreknowledge about Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickock. In fact while I was reading it I kept stopping people (people I know, not strangers,…
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I’ve just received a 5 star review for Charlatan from Readers’ Favorite free review service. The whole thing will appear on Amazon etc in due course but here’s a snippet… “I was a very happy reader when I finished reading this novel. It was amazingly good.” Gosh!
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I am so happy to see Cynthia Bond’s novel picked up by Oprah Winfrey. It was THE BEST book I read last year (out of over 70 novels) and I think it deserves a really wide readership! Here is a quick link to my article about it for the Historical Novel Society – A Haunting…
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Happy today to be asked to review The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri for the Historical Novel Society. I read about it for my article for the HNS on the Booker Longlist. Also, I’ve just seen it has a very different cover (and much less attractive!) on Amazon.com than on Amazon.co.uk. With my Transatlantic Translator hat on, I…
Kate braithwaite 