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    Historical Fiction

    Cover of The Prodigal Child
    Fic­tion
    The Prodi­gal Child
    Irène Némirovsky, Sandra Smith (Translator)
    Cover of Shayna
    Fic­tion
    Shay­na
    Miriam Ruth Black
    Cover of Names in a Jar
    Fic­tion
    Names in a Jar
    Jennifer Gold
    Cover of Address Unknown
    Fic­tion
    Address Unknown
    Kathrine Kressmann Taylor
    Essay

    Wel­come to ​‘The Vil­lage Life’

    Izzy Abrahm­son
    October 12, 2021
    Cover of Defending Britta Stein: A Novel
    Fic­tion
    Defend­ing Brit­ta Stein: A Novel
    Ronald H. Balson
    Cover of 37 Days at Sea: Aboard the MS St. Louis, 1939
    Poet­ry
    37 Days at Sea: Aboard the MS St. Louis, 1939
    Bar­bara Krasner
    Cover of A Play for the End of the World: A Novel
    Fic­tion
    A Play for the End of the World: A Novel
    Jai Chakrabar­ti
    Cover of Rebel Daughter
    Fic­tion
    Rebel Daugh­ter
    Lori Banov Kaufmann
    Cover of The Woodcarver's Daughter
    Fic­tion
    The Wood­carver’s Daughter
    Yona Zeldis McDonough, Kaja Kajfez (Illustrator)
    Cover of Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted: The Ballad of Motl the Cowboy
    Fic­tion
    Noth­ing the Same, Every­thing Haunt­ed: The Bal­lad of Motl the Cowboy
    Gary Barwin
    Cover of Jacob and the Mandolin Adventure
    Fic­tion
    Jacob and the Man­dolin Adventure
    Anne Dublin
    Cover of Dulcinea
    Fic­tion
    Dul­cinea
    Ana Veciana-Suarez
    Cover of The Bones of the World
    Fic­tion
    The Bones of the World
    Bet­sy L. Ross
    Cover of An Affair of Spies: A Novel
    Fic­tion
    An Affair of Spies: A Novel
    Ronald H. Balson
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    Adam: The Sto­ry of a Ger­man Jew­ish Fam­i­ly in the Time of the Weimar Republic
    Christo­pher Charlton
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