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ClassicsHistorical
by J.L. Carr
In the summer of 1920, Tom Birkin, a survivor of the trenches, arrives in a Yorkshire village to uncover a medieval wall painting in its church. Over a few golden weeks the work, and the people around him, begin to heal him. A short, luminous classic.
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HistoricalContemporary
Evie Woods
In the 1920s, Opaline Carlisle runs from an arranged marriage to Paris and then Dublin, where she opens a bookshop of her own. A century later in Dublin, Martha, starting her life over, and Henry, a scholar chasing a lost manuscript, stumble on a shop that seems to appear and vanish. A dual-timeline story about books, second chances and a little magic.
Historical
Elizabeth Musser
Provence, summer 1944. In the town of Sisteron, Isabelle Seauve helps the Resistance hide Jewish children. Her fifteen-year-old cousin René reaches her after a German attack, bringing an orphaned Jewish girl with him, while an American army chaplain, Peter Christensen, still carries what he saw in North Africa. Their three stories meet as the Allies bomb the town.
ClassicsTranslated
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A lonely young dreamer wanders St. Petersburg during the city's pale summer nights and meets Nastenka, a young woman waiting for a lover who promised to return. Over four nights they share their stories, and he falls quietly in love. A short, tender classic about loneliness and hope.
