Need something different to keep you company? I have a few suggestions!
The Last Romantics, by Tara Conklin. Conklin, whose 2013 debut, The House Girl, was a huge reader favorite, returns here with a new novel. Celebrated poet Fiona Skinner, when asked about the poem that made her famous, The Love Poem, recounts a summer of her youth that she shared with her three older siblings. This summer, after Fiona's father passed away unexpectedly and her mother sank into a crippling depression, is known as the Pause, and while it created a shared bond among the siblings, it also affected each of them differently as they grow up. Also available in Large Print.
The Lost Girls of Paris, by Pam Jenoff. Jenoff (The Orphan's Tale, etc.) returns to World War II fiction, this time with the story of Grace Healy, who in 1946 finds a suitcase in Grand Central terminal. In it are the photos of dozens of women, all of whom turn out to have been spies deployed out of London during the war. Twelve of them, however, never returned home, and Grace cannot help but pick up their trail, eager to learn more about what happened to them. For fans of Jenoff's other work and of Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale, this should be a on your to-read list.
Finding Dorothy, by Elizabeth Letts. In 1938 Hollywood, Maud Baum, widow of author Frank Baum, has been trying to find a way onto the set for The Wizard of Oz since she found out about the film. She's the only one who can keep the producers true to the spirit of the book, now nineteen years after Frank's passing, since she's the only one who knows its secrets. When she hears Judy Garland sing, Maud realizes that Judy is perfect for the role and vows to protect her, just as she tried to protect the real Dorothy. Written as fiction but deeply researched and holding closely to the fact, this is perfect for any who loved the iconic book and/or film.
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