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Set in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Carnegie’s Maid tells the story of a lowly woman (Clara) of the 19th century that rose in power and prestige through determination, adaptation to the situation to take advantage of an opportunity that suddenly presented itself, and plain old hard work.…

Review of Carnegie’s Maid by Marie Benedict

April 26, 2022

Three Sisters is the third in The Tattooist of Auschwitz #3 and perhaps the best in the series, which is a hard thing for an author to do. Usually the first is the best. Heather Morris skillfully lets Cibi, Magda, and Livi Meller tell their…

Three Sisters by Heather Morris

November 21, 2021

Siobhan’s latest novel (published in 2021) merges a modern-day granddaughter Charlotte who discovers a picture of the recently deceased grandmother, Elena with another young woman from when both served in the WWII Italian Resistance. Intrigued by the picture and puzzled by her grandmother’s cryptic words…

The Girl From Venice by Siobhan Daiko

October 16, 2021

The Mountain Whisperer is an excellent foray into traditional and quality Chinese literature. The folk tales and narratives are based on the lives of real people who lived prior to, during, and after Mao’s Cultural Revolution. The afterword explains the book. For readers who are…

The Mountain Whisperer by Jia Pingwa

October 14, 2021

Sebba expertly reviews and relives Ethel Rosenberg’s life and death in her newest biography, Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy for Rosenberg’s death was a tragedy. While there are questions as to her guilt, whatever the level, it did not merit the death penalty or even…

Ethel Rosenberg – Review of Two Books

April 8, 2021

If you like WWII fiction set in the German-occupied areas or Holocaust concentration camp-Resistance fiction, Solahütte is one to read. It came out before Heather Morris’ debut release The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Both books are similiar though Morris’ book is a cross between true crime…

WWII Fiction — Review of Steven Donahue’s Solahütte

June 16, 2019

Wyatt North’s Joan of Arc: A Life Inspired is a short enjoyable read. It is not fiction. It is a biographical note of 93 pages that covers the short life of Jeanne d’Arc who was canonized (i.e., declared a saint) in 1920 five hundred years…

Review of Wyatt North’s Joan Of Arc: A Life Inspired

April 22, 2019

Based on a true story, Heather Morris’ The Tattooist of Auschwitz tells the story of Lale, who in 1942, traveled from Slovakia to Prague (now in the separate Czech Republic) and then with several hundred other Jews found himself being transported a month later…

Review of The Tattooist of Auschwitz

March 10, 2019

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Susan Rose is a wet nurse in Victorian England. She resides in the homes of wealthy families whose wives have recently had a baby. Back then, it was not fashionable for the lady of the house to nurse her own child and as such this…

Review of The Wet Nurse’s Tale

March 3, 2019

Occasionally, I review in brief short works or books that have been reviewed hundreds or literally thousands of times. In this segment, below, are reviews of what has become known as summaries of books. These summaries are not a condensed version of the actual book…

Review Shorts: Mini Reviews of Book Summaries

December 29, 2016