Showing posts with label historical fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label historical fiction. Show all posts
Sunday, August 24, 2025

Book Review: The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (historical fiction)

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   historical fiction about   the '60s scoop . photo by ldyck The Berry Pickers Amanda Peters Harper Perennial 2023 Writers Trust of Can...
Sunday, May 22, 2022

Book Review: The Spoon Stealer by Lesley Crewe (historical fiction) published by Vagrant Press

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 Mary Poppins-like Emmeline Darling floats into people's--family, friends, strangers--lives spreading kindness, compassion, and understa...
Sunday, February 13, 2022

Dear Evelyn by Kathy Page (historical fiction, romance) Published by Biblioasis

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 Set mainly in England, Dear Evelyn is about a man Harry Miles and his two greatest loves--Evelyn (Hill) Miles and poetry. "More than a...
Thursday, February 3, 2022

Book Review: Away (historical fiction) by Jane Urquhart, published by McClelland & Stewart

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 "Esther O'Malley Robertons...was told a story at twelve that calmed her down and put her in her place. Now, as an old woman [82 ye...
Sunday, November 29, 2020

Book review: MASH by Richard Hooker (historical fiction)

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 Augustus Bedford "Duke" Forrest and Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce spend eighteen life-changing months serving in t...
Sunday, February 16, 2020

Book Review: The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan (historical fiction)

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The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan provides glimpses into the relationship between two sisters growing up in the slums of Paris, Fr...
Sunday, January 19, 2020

From 2012 to 2019: a collection of book reviews by Leanne Dyck

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photo by ldyck Your favourite book based on how many page views the book review received. If you click the title the link will take y...
Sunday, September 29, 2019

Book Review: The Pearl by John Steinbeck (short novel)

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Update Amber Iven left a comment about this book review on Linked In. In her comment, Amber mentioned the John Steinbeck Museum.  Museum, I...
Sunday, August 25, 2019

Book Review: The Princess Dolls by Ellen Schwartz (historical fiction)

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What would you do if you felt a friend was being treated unjustly? Buy this book  I received my copy from the author Illust...
Sunday, August 11, 2019

Book Review: The Quintland Sisters by Shelley Wood (historical fiction)

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In 1934, during the Great Depression, the birth of the Dionne quintuplets charmed Canadians and the world. The sisters were a tremendous hel...
Sunday, March 24, 2019

Book Review: A Wake for the Dreamland by Laurel Deedrick-Mayne (historical fiction) and interview with the author

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Set in Alberta, Canada--and England and Italy--before, during and after the Second World War, A Wake for the Dreamland is about the faith...