Tag Archives: 1930s

Review: Fallen Beauty by Erika Robuck

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Jenn

Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: NAL Trade (March 4, 2014) ISBN-10: 0451418905 Source: Publisher Laura Kelly is a young seamstress living in 1928 upstate New York. After her father’s death and her own “fall from grace” (becoming pregnant out of wedlock), the only way … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction, NAL, Review | Tagged 1920s, 1930s, Edna St. Vincent Millay, upstate New York | 3 Comments

Review: Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Jenn

Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (February 12, 2013) ISBN-10: 1250014522 Source: Publisher Isabelle McAllister is a feisty eighty-nine year old woman. Over the years, she’s formed quite a friendship with her hairdresser, Dorrie Curtis, a single-black woman in her thirties. She’s followed Dorrie around as … Continue reading →