The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter by Hazel Gaynor tells of Grace Darling, a celebrated heroine, and her ancestor a hundred years later.
Ahab’s Return: or, The Last Voyage by Jeffery Lord is a novel, imagining the famous Captain Ahab coming back from, what thought to have been, his last sail
The book shows us the same traveling experience through three sets of eyes, Mrs. Sengupta, Satya, and the American Rebecca Elliot.
While the story is told from the view point of several people, it is about Mrs. Ella May Wiggins, and her struggles in work and personal life.
I mostly enjoyed the speeches included in this collection.This is because I can hear him talk in my head and know him to be an excellent writer
I did find the whole story of the orphan train itself, fascinating and engaging.
Not only it is about the space program, but also about bright people preserving and making a name for themselves through education and smarts.
After Alice by Gregory Maguire is a novel written in the style of Lewis Carroll about a friend of Alice who follows her into Wonderland.
A non-fiction book telling the harrowing story of the folks being stuck on top of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in one of the coldest winters recorded.
The novel is part Forrest Gump, part Big Fish where tall tales are being told and historical figures make appearances