
The Ghost of Hollow House
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Mina Scarletti returns in her most thrilling mystery yet! Perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes,...
Ghosts Suspense Historical Fiction

CKD (37 KP) rated Before We Were Yours in Books
Dec 7, 2018
This book is based on actual events. The stories of Rill and Avery are fiction but some of the facts around the Tennessee Children's Home are factual. The kidnapping and eventual adoption of these "orphan" children was organized by Georgia Tann, Director. She had lots of influential people that looked the other way until she was eventually closed the center down after a state investigation into numerous instances of adoption fraud.
From Michelle Obama's poor start in life, via her mother and father's interventions (actually, more her mother's) in her education and the sacrifices they made to give her the best education they could afford, to meeting Barack, getting married, having children, supporting his political life, all the while working herself. And she enjoyed her work. She's a strong woman. She gives an insight to the difficulties for black men and women in daily life, at academic institutions, and in work - especially those which are white dominated (which appears to be the majority).
She just comes across as an extremely likeable person. It was a fascinating book, and I really enjoyed it.

A Woman's Shed: Spaces for Women to Create, Write, Make, Grow, Think, and Escape
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Every woman deserves a shed of her own, somewhere to retreat to for some quiet time, to create or...

The Yellow Wallpaper and Selected Writings
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It is stripped off - the paper - in great patches ...The colour is repellent ...In the places where...

Dead Lands
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Dead Lands is a thrilling crime story set in the 1970s. When a woman's body is found a special team...

Death in August
Stephen Sartarelli and Marco Vichi
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Crime fiction packed with Italian flavour, Death in August is the first Inspector Bordelli mystery...

Orange is the New Black: My Time in a Women's Prison
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With her career, live-in boyfriend and loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the rebellious...
Memoir Narrative non-fiction

Blood on the Tracks: Sydney Rose Parnell Series, Book 1
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A young woman is found brutally murdered, and the main suspect is the victim's fiancé, a hideously...
Crime fiction

These Nameless Things
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Before Dan opened his door to find a wounded woman who had escaped from the tormentors in the...
Contemporary Fiction suspense