GENRE FREEBIE
Little Souls ~ Sandra Dallas
Two sisters, one of them a nurse, endure the difficulties of the flu epidemic and a family crisis in 1918 Denver
As Bright As Heaven ~ Susan Meissner
The Light of Luna Park ~ Addison Armstrong
Dr. Martin Couney invented the incubator. When the medical community didn't see its benefits, he put babies in incubators on display at Coney Island. The novel tells of a nurse who believes in what Dr Couney is doing, and a woman who discovers a mysterious letter after her mother dies
The Quintland Sisters ~ Shelley Wood
A novel about a midwife who assists in the birth of quintuplets
Prize Women ~ Caroline Lea
A Toronto lawyer left a great sum of money in his will to be given to the woman who had the most babies between 1926 and 1936
Bel Canto ~ Ann Patchett
An opera singer performs for diplomats when a group of political militants breaks in and takes the group hostage
Fates and Traitors ~ Jennifer Chiaverini
Mary Surratt was the first woman executed in U.S. history for her part in the Booth conspiracy
The Daisy Children ~ Sofia Grant
Orphan Train ~ Christina Baker Kline
An elderly woman tells a troubled teen girl about the difficulties of her past as an orphan
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
The Nature of Fragile Things ~ Susan Meissner
An Irish immigrant mail order bride must navigate herself, a child, and a pregnant woman to safety during the San Francisco earthquake and fire
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ReplyDeleteLittle Souls sounds like a good read.
ReplyDeleteThe 1918 flu was devastating.