1950s

A Novel of Hope and Persistance Under Communist Occupation

Virginia Gemanar is worried. Her boyfriend, university student Jenica Cureteanu, has stood her up for a much-anticipated date. Could he have somehow forgotten? But he had just asked her yesterday to go with him to today’s concert. Then Jenica does not show up for lunch plans with their friends Doina and…

Cynthia ConradAugust 4, 2022

Thrillers

The Hype About New Psycho Thriller And Its Debut Author

It's one of the most talked about books, included on every list of recommendations, no matter what the occasion. Tangerine, the psychological thriller by debut author Christine Mangan, is not only beautifully written prose, but electric in imagery. Taking place in Tangier, Morocco, in the 1950s, the novel is vivid and full…

Rachel Fogle De SouzaMay 22, 2018

Romance

Cool Days, Hot Nights: Our Top 10 Historical Romances for November

Now that it’s officially November, the days are getting colder and the trees are bare and waiting for snow. For us at Booktrib, cold days are made for cozy afternoons spent curled up on the couch, sipping hot chocolate and reading a great book. Even better if that book happens…

Rachel CarterNovember 7, 2017

Nonfiction

Justine Bateman Dissects the Odd Phenomenon of Fame

Ever wonder what it’s like to be famous? Of course you have. But would you sacrifice everything for the notoriety and fortune, or be content to avoid the baggage and stare from afar? Entertainment shows, magazines, websites, and other channels continuously report the latest sightings, heartbreaks, and triumphs of the…

Jim AlkonOctober 8, 2018

Nonfiction

“Don’t Hide The Madness” Exposes Beat Movement

I’ve never been a big fan of the Beat poets, preferring the opinion of the fictional "Gilmore Girls" character Paris Geller holding that “The Beats’ writing was completely self-indulgent. I have one word for Jack Kerouac—edit.” But I decided to give the new nonfiction book of transcripts by William S. Burroughs…

Meagan FoyOctober 15, 2018

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Baldacci’s PI Archer Follows Danger to Hollywood in “Dream Town”

In David Baldacci’s third Archer adventure, Dream Town (Grand Central), the Pacific Coast Highway leads PI Aloysius Archer and his spiffy 1939 blood-red Delahaye convertible from Bay Town, CA, to Hollywood. As if transported by a time machine, Baldacci immerses readers into the 1950s, an era of flashy films and…

Jodé MillmanApril 20, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Single Motherhood Collides With Creative Ambition in the Mid-20th-Century Art Scene

Lis Bensley, author of the thoughtful and provocative The Glimpse (Troubador Publishing), no doubt would be flattered to have a primary theme of her work compared to this description of James Joyce’s A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man: “the essential search for voice and meaning that every…

Jim AlkonApril 14, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

In This Booker Prize Finalist, a Somali Immigrant Endures the Biased Justice System of 1950s Cardiff

Author Nadifa Mohamed explores the topic of wrongful incarceration and a corrupt justice system in her new release, The Fortune Men (Knopf). The immersive detail and timeliness of this narrative are among the reasons that the book was selected as a finalist for this year’s prestigious Booker Prize. The Fortune…

Michael FerryDecember 23, 2021

Fiction

A Serious Switch Occurs in “The Two-Family House”

Initially, I was drawn to The Two-Family House because of its premise. My first novel, Garden of Lies, is also about babies switched at birth. How would another author handle it? Brilliantly, in the case of Lynda Cohen Loigman, I discovered. I loved this novel about two Jewish families, brothers…

Eileen GoudgeDecember 21, 2017

Fiction

‘The Last Suppers’ by Mandy Mikulencak Weaves a Complicated Story about Food and Sacrifice

Set in a 1950s Louisiana penitentiary, The Last Suppers is a captivating novel. Ginny, the young daughter of a murdered prison guard, is now all grown up and cooking for the inmates at the jail. She meets with the prisoners on death row to find out what they want for their last meal…

Jennifer BlankfeinJanuary 8, 2018

Fiction

Coming of Age with a Father Stuck in the Past

What is it like for a girl to grow up with a dad who is old enough to be her grandfather? Lissa Power is finding out first-hand in the mid-twentieth century. She’s close with her father from the beginning, but when she loses her mother at a young age, she…

Paige VigliaroloJune 7, 2019

Fiction

Socialite Wannabe in Amber Brock’s “Lady Be Good”

In 1924, George and Ira Gershwin wrote one of their most famous songs: I am so awf’ly misunderstood So, lady be good to me. . . The heroine of Amber Brock’s Lady Be Good is indeed a misunderstood young woman, tormented by desires both frivolous and serious. Beautiful and wealthy,…

Claudia KeenanJune 19, 2018

Fiction

Interview with Maxine Rosaler, Author of “Queen for a Day”

It is bold work to invite us into the world of children who are eligible for special education—and their long suffering parents. Maxine Rosaler does this in her novel, Queen for a Day, through her main character, Mimi Slavitt and her young son, Danny. We, the audience, are alongside Mimi…

Susan Shapiro BarashJune 7, 2018

Fiction

Pursuing the Dragon Lady in Italy, London and Rhodesia

Louisa Treger's The Dragon Lady (Bloomsbury) offers a nuanced perspective on British and African cultures during precarious times, the 1920s through the 1950s. It’s a wonderful mystery, love story and odyssey, all rolled into one. What's even more incredible is that this story is based on a real person. Yes,…

Claudia KeenanAugust 13, 2019

Fiction

Orphan Plight in “The Home for Unwanted Girls”

Joanna Goodman's The Home for Unwanted Girls (Harper) is the compelling story of Maggie (based on the author’s mother) and her family set in 1950s Canada. At that time orphanages were being converted to hospitals for financial benefit. The Quebec government saved money changing the educational facilities to mental institutions, and…

Jennifer BlankfeinSeptember 25, 2018

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“My Policeman” Brings 1950s Forbidden Gay Romance to Life on Screen

My Policeman (Penguin Books) isn’t your ordinary love triangle. In 1957, we meet Marion, a young woman hopelessly in love with Tom, her best friend’s brother. Tom — training to become a policeman — returns her affections, but holds a secret of his own. He’s started seeing Patrick, a confident…

Megan BeauregardOctober 24, 2022

A Novel of Hope and Persistance Under Communist Occupation

The Hype About New Psycho Thriller And Its Debut Author

Cool Days, Hot Nights: Our Top 10 Historical Romances for November

Justine Bateman Dissects the Odd Phenomenon of Fame

“Don’t Hide The Madness” Exposes Beat Movement

Baldacci’s PI Archer Follows Danger to Hollywood in “Dream Town”

Single Motherhood Collides With Creative Ambition in the Mid-20th-Century Art Scene

In This Booker Prize Finalist, a Somali Immigrant Endures the Biased Justice System of 1950s Cardiff

A Serious Switch Occurs in “The Two-Family House”

‘The Last Suppers’ by Mandy Mikulencak Weaves a Complicated Story about Food and Sacrifice

Coming of Age with a Father Stuck in the Past

Socialite Wannabe in Amber Brock’s “Lady Be Good”

Interview with Maxine Rosaler, Author of “Queen for a Day”

Pursuing the Dragon Lady in Italy, London and Rhodesia

Orphan Plight in “The Home for Unwanted Girls”

“My Policeman” Brings 1950s Forbidden Gay Romance to Life on Screen

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