Tuesday, January 23, 2024

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Banyan Moon

Thao Thai
Three generations of Vietnamese women tell their family story


A Beautiful Rival : A Novel of Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden

Gill Paul

Rivals Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden kick off the beauty biz as we know it today



Hotel Laguna

Nicola Harrison

Hazel Francis, out of a job after WWII dreams of learning to fly planes



The Last Lifeboat

Hazel Gaynor

Two women help evacuate children in WWII and as strangers face a dire situation together


Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen

Sarah James

Playwright Annie Laurence, new to Hollywood, is drawn into the murder of a film critic



The Other Princess : A Novel of Queen Victoria's Goddaughter

Denny S. Bryce

As a child Sarah Forbes Bonetta was an African Princess "gifted" to Queen Victoria. Sarah's charm and connection to QV gives her cache few people of color had in the Victorian era


The Roaring Days of Zora Lily

Noelle Salazar

Zora Hough dreams of a career in fashion design.  Will she give up her aspirations for jazz age excitement?



Starring Adele Astaire

Eliza Knight

Adele Astaire danced with her brother Fred, but dreams of life after the stage


Tom Lake

Ann Patchett


A mother tells her Covid-captive daughters the story of her youthful affair with a pre-fame actor


Marisa De Los Santos

Cornelia must put aside her own mental health concerns to assist her ailing mother




2 comments:

  1. The Roaring Days of Zora Lily sounds really good! I've also seen Banyan Moon on a lot of books today. Hope you enjoy all of these soon!

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  2. Great list! Just about all of these are ones that appeal to me too. I hope you enjoy them when you get to them.

    Happy TTT (on a Thursday)!

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