Works of fiction that take inspiration from actual events.
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The Paper Daughters of Chinatown
Heather B. Moore - Shadow Mountain
Format: Book
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A powerful story based on true events surrounding Donaldina Cameron and other brave women who fought to help Chinese-American women escape discrimination and slavery in the late 19th century in California. When Donaldina Cameron arrives at the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in 1895,... |
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When the Men Were Gone: A Novel
MARJORIE HERRERA LEWIS - William Morrow
Format: Book
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In Marjorie Herrera Lewis's debut historical novel the inspiring true story of high school teacher Tylene Wilson - a woman who surprises everyone as she breaks with tradition to become the first high school football coach in Texas - comes to life. "A wonderfully touching and beautiful... |
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Miss Burma
CHARMAINE CRAIG - Grove Press
Format: Book
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A beautiful and poignant story of one family during the most violent and turbulent years of world history, Miss Burma is a powerful novel of love and war, colonialism and ethnicity, and the ties of blood. Miss Burma tells the story of modern-day Burma through the eyes... |
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Resistance Women: A Novel
Jennifer Chiaverini - William Morrow
Format: Book
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, an enthralling historical saga that recreates the danger, romance, and sacrifice of an era and brings to life one courageous, passionate American - Mildred Fish Harnack - and her circle of women friends who waged... |
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Girl waits with gun
Amy Stewart - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Book
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From the New York Times best-selling author of The Drunken Botanist comes an enthralling novel based on the forgotten true story of one of the nation's first female deputy sheriffs. Constance Kopp doesn't quite fit the mold. She towers over most men, has no interest in marriage... |
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The Paris Library: A Novel
Janet Skeslien Charles - Atria Books
Format: Book
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Based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, this is an unforgettable story of romance, friendship, family, and the power of literature to bring us together, perfect for fans of The Lilac Girls and The Paris Wife. Paris, 1939: Young... |
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In the Time of the Butterflies
Julia Alvarez - Algonquin Books; 1st edition
Format: Book
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An ALA Notable Book. Julia Alvarez's eagerly awaited second novel is a powerful story of courage, innocence, and political martyrdom in the Hispanic Caribbean. Based on actual events--the death of three sisters on November 25, 1960--the novel immerses us in an epoch in the life of the Dominican... |
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The Unquiet Grave: A Novel
Sharyn McCrumb - Atria Books
Format: Book
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From New York Times bestselling author Sharyn McCrumb comes a finely wrought novel set in nineteenth-century West Virginia, based on the true story of one of the strangest murder trials in American history - the case of the Greenbrier Ghost. Lakin, West Virginia, 1930.... |
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Murder on the Orient express
Agatha Christie
Format: Book
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Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside.... |
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The Wettest County in the World: A Novel Based on a True Story
Matt Bondurant - Thorndike Press; Lrg edition
Format: Book
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The inspiration for the major motion picture Lawless.
Based on the true story of Matt Bondurant’s grandfather and two granduncles, The Wettest County in the World is a gripping and gritty tale of bootlegging, brotherhood, and murder.
The Bondurant Boys... |
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Salvage the Bones: A Novel
Jesmyn Ward - Bloomsbury USA; 1 edition
Format: Book
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Winner of the 2011 National Book Award. A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent, he doesn't show concern for much else. Esch and her three... |
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The Last Christmas Ride: A Novella
Edie Hand
Format: Book
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The Last Christmas Ride is an inspiring story of a woman who overcomes heartbreak and adversity through faith and family and emerges stronger than ever. It reminds us that all of us have obstacles on our life journey, and we must try to experience and share the joy of life along the way.... |
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See What I Have Done
SARAH SCHMIDT - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Book
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Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her mother forty whacks When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one. Or did she? In this riveting debut novel, See What I Have Done, Sarah Schmidt recasts one of the most fascinating murder cases of all time into an intimate... |
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A Brief History of Seven Killings: A Novel
Marlon James - Riverhead Books
Format: Book
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From the acclaimed author of The Book of Night Women comes a "musical, electric, fantastically profane" (The New York Times) epic that explores the tumultuous world of Jamaica over the past three decades.
In A Brief History of Seven Killings,... |
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