Tag Archive 'war'

Feb 19 2010

Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society by Adeline Yen Mah

Published by Katie under Children's Fiction,Young Adult

Waterstones Synopsis: During her lonely childhood in Shanghai, Adeline Yen Mah wrote adventure stories to escape from her terrible step-mother and cruel siblings. The characters she created often became more real to her than her own family. In Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society, Adeline tells the story of Chinese Cinderella, a young girl [...]

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Sep 10 2009

The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee

Published by Katie under Fiction,History

Synopsis from Amazon: Ambitious, exotic, and a classic book club read, ‘The Piano Teacher’ is a combination of ‘Tenko’ meets ‘The Remains of the Day’. Sometimes the end of a love affair is only the beginning! In 1942, Will Truesdale, an Englishman newly arrived in Hong Kong, falls headlong into a passionate relationship with Trudy [...]

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Sep 03 2009

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

Published by Katie under Fiction,History

Synopsis from Amazon: It’s 1946 and author Juliet Ashton can’t think what to write next. Out of the blue, she receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of Guernsey – by chance, he’s acquired a book that once belonged to her – and, spurred on by their mutual love of reading, they begin a correspondence. When [...]

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Aug 01 2009

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by by Mitch Albom

Published by Katie under Fiction

Synopsis from Amazon: From the author of the phenomenal number one bestseller TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE, comes this enchanting, beautifully written novel that explores a mystery only heaven can unfold. Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in the toil of his father before him, fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. Then he [...]

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Jul 31 2009

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

Published by Katie under Fiction,History

Synopsis from Amazon: For 15-year-old Michael Berg, a chance meeting with an older woman leads to far more than he ever imagined. The woman in question is Hanna, and before long they embark on a passionate, clandestine love affair which leaves Michael both euphoric and confused. For Hanna is not all she seems. Years later, [...]

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Dec 08 2008

Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris

Published by Katie under Fiction

Synopsis taken from Amazon: Beyond the main street of Les Laveuses runs the Loire, smooth and brown as a sunning snake – but hiding a deadly undertow beneath its moving surface. This is where Framboise, a secretive widow named after a raspberry liqueur, plies her culinary trade at the creperie – and lets memory play [...]

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Nov 30 2008

Don't Shout at the Guns by Lawrence Harris

Published by Katie under Fiction,History,Young Adult

Synopsis (taken from Amazon): World War 2 veteren Hank Jensen leaves New York for a nostalgic trip back to the battlefields of northern France. With him go his grandchildren, Aaron and Esther. When they find a camcorder which has an amazing flashback mode they have a real adventure. This was an interesting read which has [...]

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Nov 23 2008

The Rose of Sebastopol by Katharine McMahon

Published by Katie under Fiction,History

Russia, 1854: the Crimean War grinds on, and as the bitter winter draws near, the battlefield hospitals fill with dying men. In defiance of Florence Nightingale, Rosa Barr – young, headstrong and beautiful – travels to Balaklava, determined to save as many of the wounded as she can. For Mariella Lingwood, Rosa’s cousin, the war [...]

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Nov 08 2008

Rogues and Rebels by Jo Field

Published by Katie under Fiction,History

I have to say I was disappointed with this book. Synopsis: BOOK 1 OF THE TAWFORD CHRONICLES: A STORY OF INTRIGUE, PASSION AND BETRAYAL IN THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR. Devon, September, 1642: Charles I has raised his standard and declared war on Parliament. The South West is in danger of being lost to his cause. [...]

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