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This week, Tara Dorabji shares the path to publishing her debut novel, Call Her Freedom. A sweeping family saga and intergenerational love story, the book was also the winner of Simon & Schuster’s Books Like Us First Novel Contest, a competition for underrepresented writers to submit their manuscripts and win a book deal.
A deeply moving novel about one woman’s love for her family, this is an epic investigation of colonialism, militarization, and the loss and innocence on the journey to creating home.
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Today one of my favorite authors, Fiona Davis is back on A Bookish Home to tell us all about her dazzling new novel, The Stolen Queen.
For nearly a decade, Fiona Davis has introduced readers to the fascinating and often little known histories behind some of New York City’s most iconic landmarks through the eyes of female characters seeking the truth about themselves and the world around them.
Now, in her enthralling eighth novel, The Stolen Queen, Fiona Davis delights readers with a story centered on the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its famed Met Gala, while for the first time, exploring a territory beyond New York City—Egypt’s Valley of the Kings.
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This week my guest is Nancy Reddy, author of The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas About How to Be a Good Mom.
Timely and thought-provoking, Nancy Reddy unpacks and debunks the bad ideas that have for too long defined what it means to be a "good" mom.
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This week my guest is New York Times bestselling author Tracey Lange, author of What Happened to the McCrays?, a poignant story about the resilience of family, the importance of community, and the magic of middle school hockey.
Full of love and hope, What Happened to the McCrays? takes an intimate look at both sides of a failed marriage and two people who must finally confront the awful pain of their past or risk being consumed by it.
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This week my guest is Rebecca J. Sanford, author of The Disappeared, a dazzling historical tale of one woman's fight for survival, a grandmother's search for her child and grandchild, and an adoptee's journey of self-discovery.
Seamlessly moving from 1970s Buenos Aires (at the heart of the Dirty War) to early 2000s New York, Rebecca creates a delicate portrait of the consequences of war and the power of women's resistance.
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Today Megan Tady is back with us to discuss her new hilarious and heartwarming new novel from Zibby Books, Bluebird Day -about a mother-daughter celebrity skiing duo who must learn to manage the bumps in their own estranged relationship when an avalanche in a dreamy Swiss village forces them together.
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This week my guest is RaeAnne Thayne, author of The December Market, her 75th book and a delightful second chance holiday romance. Hallmark holiday movie fans look no further, you'll want to curl up by the fire with this book and some hot chocolate this season.
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Signe Pike is back this week to discuss The Shadowed Land, the third installment of The Lost Queen series, which is being made into a tv series and resurrects the real historical figures who inspired one of the most epic legends: King Arthur.
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Today Shelley Noble is here to tell us all about her new novel, a stunning, Gilded Age NYC-set story about the inception of The Colony Club, the first women’s club of its kind.
Come for the dazzling setting and stay for an unforgettable story of female ambition. The novel is perfect for fans of Alison Pataki, Fiona Davis, and historical TV shows like The Gilded Age and Downton Abbey.
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This week my guest is Georgia Clark, author of Most Wonderful, a charming queer holiday romance that’s a must purchase this December.
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Today my guest is Rosa Kwon Easton, author of the evocative debut novel, White Mulberry. Set against the backdrop of the 1930s in Japan-occupied Korea, it tells a rich & deeply moving portrait of a young Korean girl who is torn between two worlds and must reclaim her true identity to provide a future for her family.
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Aimie K. Runyan is back on the podcast this week to discuss Mademoiselle Eiffel, which tells the little-known story of Claire Eiffel, and her significant, though overlooked, contributions to the city of Paris.
Claire was Gustave Eiffel’s daughter, illustrious architect of many global landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower. Mademoiselle Eiffel contains sweeping themes of love, devotion, and family legacy, and is sprinkled with impeccably researched tidbits of French culture and historical events and figures. It is an absolute delight for historical fiction readers!
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Today my guest is a nationally-acclaimed Vietnamese-American playwright, performer, and author of her debut memoir, The Manicurist’s Daughter, in which Susan shares the story of losing her mom during a routine plastic surgery, her mother’s—and her own—fraught relationship with her body, and the revelations that came from searching for answers in her family’s past as refugees of the Vietnam War.
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Crystal King is back on the podcast to discuss In the Garden of Monsters, a glorious literary feast for the senses—a modern reimagining of the classic myth of Persephone and Hades, set in a real-life garden of stone statues in Italy featuring food, art, literature, and architecture.
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Today my guest is Kimberly Brock, author of The Fabled Earth, a sweeping, beautiful written novel inspired by the little-known history of Cumberland Island.
The gentle magic of Alice Hoffman meets the rich details of Kate Morton, all wrapped in southern folklore and charm in this dual-timeline story of three women connected in different ways to the ghosts and secrets of the past.
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Lynda Cohen Loigman is back this week to discuss The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern, a heartwarming dual timeline historical novel that will have you believing in second chances and wishing for even more time with this charming cast of characters.
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This week, Olivia Rose Darling is here to discuss the debut romantasy novel and Book Tok sensation that is perfect for fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses and The Fourth Wing. Fear the Flames follows an exiled princess who must enlist the help of the most dangerous man in the kingdom to free her dragons.
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Shawntelle Madison is here today to discuss The Fallen Fruit, which follows a woman who travels through time to end a family curse that has plagued her ancestors for generations.
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This week's guest is Michael Callahan, author of The Lost Letters from Martha’s Vineyard, a captivating page-turner about two women bound by blood but divided by a long-buried secret, and the island that holds the key to the fateful summer that changed everything forever.
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