After seeing the film Enigma some years ago, I was curious about the role of women as code breakers at Bletchley Park during World War Two.
The Rose Code delivered richly textured answers to my questions. I loved the characterization of the three main women in the story and was amazed at Quinn’s ability to create very specific and unique women who, despite their many differences, bravely answered their government’s call of duty and broke into a man’s world together.
Part mystery, part love story, and part history, this book was so suspenseful that I had trouble putting it down past my bedtime every night. Highly recommended and I can’t wait for a film version!
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice Network returns with another heart-stopping World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over.
1940. As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to mysterious country estate Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla is the girl who has everything-beauty, wealth, and the dashing Prince Philip of Greece sending her roses-but she burns to…
This novel was so riveting that I alternated back and forth from reading an audiobook while driving and an e-book while at home.
It always amazes me when an author is so versatile that both my heart and my funny bone respond to the events in a novel. I’m also a huge fan of quirky characters and Garmus delivers in this department as well, even creating a quirky dog!
Reminiscent of the parents in Harry Pottter and Roal Dahl’s Matilda, the main character Elizabeth’s parents are terrible at their role yet Garmus’s writing renders them humorous as well. As a child of the sixties who actually learned to cook some of Julia Child’s recipes, I loved the references to that era, including Elizabeth’s cooking show on television.
This novel is much better than the television version of it!
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • Meet Elizabeth Zott: a “formidable, unapologetic and inspiring” (PARADE) scientist in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show in this novel that is “irresistible, satisfying and full of fuel. It reminds you that change takes time and always requires heat” (The New York Times Book Review).
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, Oprah Daily, Newsweek, GoodReads
"A unique heroine ... you'll find yourself wishing she wasn’t fictional." —Seattle Times…
Bryson guides us on an intriguing journey throughout the body and through our history of learning about its mysteries.
An impeccable researcher, Bryson succeeds in creating a work that is anything but boring. He unearths many anecdotes from the historical record that really did happen as implausible as they seem. I was intrigued by some of the bizarre experiments that doctors of yore performed on themselves or other willing subjects in their quest to understand the inner workings of the body.
And the humor! Bryson infuses virtually every page with his humorous and quirky style. You will find yourself wanting to share bits and pieces of his book throughout conversations for years to come.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body—with a new afterword for this edition.
Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides us through the human body—how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately) the ways it can fail. Full of extraordinary facts (your body made a million red blood cells since you started reading this) and irresistible Brysonesque anecdotes, The Body will lead you to a deeper understanding…
Fifteen-year-old Felise, an apprentice scribe in medieval France, is in a desperate situation. She yearns to find a way to become a writer and a book shop owner, but in order to achieve her dreams she must first escape from her cruel guardian, who is plotting an arranged marriage for her. The Hundred Years’ War rages all around her. She fears that France will soon be held captive, just as she is—but when Joan of Arc blazes into history and Felise’s life, everything changes.
A Tale of Two Maidens brings to life the story of an ordinary medieval girl on an extraordinary adventure—one that will require her to dig within herself to claim her own true, independent, and heroic destiny.
