World War II

Warner’s World War II Drama Is an Epic, White-Knuckle Ride

John W. Warner IV’s Little Anton is a story to get lost in. Teetering between fact and fiction, it’s a trove of information and historical events we would have remembered from high school classes had we been paying attention. Then it slides off-center into the occult where believability meets intrigue.…

Sherri DaleyDecember 14, 2020

Fiction Romance

“The Promise:” A War Between Nations and Within Hearts

Yet in The Promise by Kathleen Harryman and Lucy Marshall, while the allied troops prepare for D-Day in one of World War II’s defining moments, the real battlegrounds are back in Whitby, England, where a cast of noble characters wages internal battles of the heart that are just as precarious.…

Jim AlkonDecember 7, 2020

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Love Shines Through the Horrors of War in “A Small Hotel”

Suanne Laqueur’s ambitious historical fiction novel, A Small Hotel, begins with a “Once upon a time” innocence, a sweet simplicity that belies the labyrinthine journey she’s about to take her readers on. It’s a romance; a travelogue; an introduction to Swedish mythology, language and good luck charms. The story begins…

Sherri DaleyMarch 25, 2022

Fiction

“The Flight Portfolio” Inspired by Man Who Helped Jewish Artists Escape Occupied France

“Masterfully crafted and impossible to put down ... a testament to the enduring power of art, and love, in any form.” —Entertainment Weekly — AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK BEGINNING JULY 1 — The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer (Knopf), an incredible, important work of fiction with a touch of humor, is…

Jennifer BlankfeinMay 26, 2020

Book Club Network Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

Plane Discovered in a Glacier Brings Nazi Horrors to Life in “EO-N”

If you’ve never recognized the contribution of Canadian aviators during World War II or fully grasped some of Nazi Germany’s horrors, EO-N (Hellbox Editions) will open your eyes. Those things alone make it a novel worth reading but fail to capture just what a terrific debut novel this is. Author…

Dennis HetzelDecember 16, 2020

Book Club Network Fiction

War Through the Eyes of Female Pilots

Inspired by the team of women pilots who trained soldiers in the second World War, Noelle Salazar's The Flight Girls (MIRA) innovatively weaves the struggles of misogyny, trauma and platonic relationships with the paradoxical truth of war’s powerful capacity to both fracture relationships and bring individuals together. Seldom are readers…

Emily WolfeJune 26, 2019

Book Club Network Fiction

Self-Discovery and Espionage in “The Lost Girls of Paris”

A fresh, new and exciting tale of espionage, The Lost Girls of Paris (Park Row Books) by Pam Jenoff is engaging historical fiction that follows three women all at different stages in their lives but brought together in crazy twists of fate. For Grace, World War II is over (it's 1946)…

Meagan FoyJanuary 16, 2019

Fiction

The Wartime Sisters in Need of a Peace Talk

It’s Brooklyn in the early thirties, and Mr. and Mrs. Kaplan have brought forth two daughters who could not possibly be more opposite from each other. Ruth is studious, brittle and envious of her younger sister, Millie, whose beauty and charm captivate everyone around her. Even as a child, Millie…

Claudia KeenanJanuary 7, 2019

Fiction

‘No Good Reasons At All’: A Literary View of the Full Implications of War

Reckless saber-rattling with an unstable despot and growing nuclear power in North Korea, sixteen years of fighting in Afghanistan, insurmountable issues in the Middle East, irrational bigotry and hatred consuming far too many, an enemy power's blatant interference with the sovereignty of our electoral process, terrorism both domestic and foreign,…

Walt GraggNovember 9, 2017

Fiction

Memories of the Past and a Vision of the Future

In Another Time (Harper) by Jillian Cantor is a wonderful historical fiction novel with deep characters who love books, music and each other. In 1930s Berlin, Max, a German bookshop owner sees Hanna playing what she loves most, the violin. He is enchanted and in an attempt to get her…

Jennifer BlankfeinMarch 29, 2019

Fiction

Julia Kelly Unites Two Women Of Different Times

There is a certain allure that comes with stories about English women—whatever year they live and thrive, however old they are. From Jane Austen’s Elizabeth Bennett to Thomas Hardy’s Bathsheba Everdene, to Anita Brookner’s Edith Hope, we are keenly invested in the trials and tribulations these women endure. That being…

Susan Shapiro BarashJanuary 2, 2019

Fiction

Kiss From a Rose: Award-Winning Author Rose Tremain on Writing and ‘Mastering’ Oneself

Set in Switzerland during World War II , Rose Tremain's literary masterpiece, The Gustav Sonata, follows the life of Gustav Perle, who is taught at a young age by his mother to master himself, and his emotions - to be neutral like Switzerland in the war. When he begins a friendship with…

Rachel Fogle De SouzaOctober 19, 2017

Fiction

Kate Quinn’s “The Huntress:” Chase for War Camp Guard

An idea for a novel can be sparked by reading about a person who existed in the flesh. That’s what happened when Kate Quinn, author of the breakout bestseller The Alice Network and other historical novels, came across the nonfiction story of Hermine Braunsteiner, the first Nazi war criminal to…

Nancy BilyeauFebruary 25, 2019

Fiction

Jewish History is Revisited in Martha Hall Kelly’s ‘Lilac Girls’

If you missed the release of Lilac Girls, now is the time to buy the paperback. It is historical fiction based on true and harrowing events during World War II. For me, the Holocaust has always been mostly about how the Jews were prosecuted; a devastating time in our history…

Jennifer BlankfeinNovember 25, 2017

Fiction

Ike and Kay a World War II Passionate Love Affair

There are some stories we hear and dismiss as just rumor... and then there are others that are too good to ignore. This is exactly what led critically acclaimed historical fiction author James MacManus to discover the incredible story of the love affair between Dwight Eisenhower and Kay Summersby, his…

Rachel Fogle De SouzaJuly 18, 2018

Fiction

“Cilka’s Journey” Is a Beacon of Hope Amid One of History’s Darkest Epochs

"Morris’s propulsive tale shows the goodness that can be found even inside the gulag." — Publishers Weekly —∞— Cilka’s Journey (St. Martin's Press), Heather Morris’s follow-up to The Tattooist of Auschwitz, illuminates the gut-wrenching story of a Jewish girl who's captured by the Nazis at age 16 and forced to…

Jessica McEnteeDecember 2, 2020

Warner’s World War II Drama Is an Epic, White-Knuckle Ride

“The Promise:” A War Between Nations and Within Hearts

Love Shines Through the Horrors of War in “A Small Hotel”

“The Flight Portfolio” Inspired by Man Who Helped Jewish Artists Escape Occupied France

Plane Discovered in a Glacier Brings Nazi Horrors to Life in “EO-N”

War Through the Eyes of Female Pilots

Self-Discovery and Espionage in “The Lost Girls of Paris”

The Wartime Sisters in Need of a Peace Talk

‘No Good Reasons At All’: A Literary View of the Full Implications of War

Memories of the Past and a Vision of the Future

Julia Kelly Unites Two Women Of Different Times

Kiss From a Rose: Award-Winning Author Rose Tremain on Writing and ‘Mastering’ Oneself

Kate Quinn’s “The Huntress:” Chase for War Camp Guard

Jewish History is Revisited in Martha Hall Kelly’s ‘Lilac Girls’

Ike and Kay a World War II Passionate Love Affair

“Cilka’s Journey” Is a Beacon of Hope Amid One of History’s Darkest Epochs

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