Having
just gone through the pandemic, I thought I was prepared to read a fictional
account of the 1918 Spanish influenza epidemic.
The author made this so much
more real and terrifying than what we went through this century. This is a
story that made me shudder, cry, hope, and go through myriad emotions. Well
worth the read!
In the fall of 1918, thirteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia's overcrowded slums and the anti-immigrant sentiment that compelled her father to enlist in the U.S. Army. But as her city celebrates the end of war, an even more urgent threat arrives: the Spanish flu. Funeral crepe and quarantine signs appear on doors as victims drop dead in the streets and desperate survivors wear white masks to ward off illness. When food runs out in the cramped tenement she calls home, Pia must venture alone into the quarantined city in search of supplies, leaving her…
Who
hasn’t grown up with stories about princes and princesses? What’s a royal life
really like?
Prince Harry’s book gives a genuine look into his life, his
emotions, his relationships, and the total knot of rules and protocols one must
endure when one is the eighth in line to the throne. This is a fascinating
read. The villains are definitely the paparazzi and the hero, Harry, is quite
flawed, but loveable.
I might never believe anything written by the press
again.
It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow-and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling-and how their lives would play out from that point on.
For Harry, this is that story at last.
Before losing his mother, twelve-year-old Prince Harry was known as the carefree one, the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. Grief changed everything. He struggled at school, struggled with anger, with loneliness-and,…
Saved is a remarkable story of
Benjamin Hall’s recovery after surviving a horrific injury in the middle of
war.
Benjamin is a reporter I’d seen on the news many times, so when his book
came out and there he was in pieces (prosthetic leg, prosthetic feet, and other
injuries) I was curious as to how he’d made such a momentous recovery in so
short a time. His story is full of raw, intense, and dangerous moments told
more thrillingly than any book of fiction.
"An affecting, singular story...a bracing tale of life on the edge of death." -Kirkus Reviews
When veteran war reporter Benjamin Hall woke up in Kyiv on the morning of March 14, 2022, he had no idea that, within hours, Russian bombs would nearly end his life. As a journalist for Fox News, Hall had worked in dangerous war zones like Syria and Afghanistan, but with three young daughters at home, life on the edge was supposed to be a thing of the past. Yet when Russia viciously attacked Ukraine in February 2022, Hall…
In the Highlands
of Scotland lives Keir McKelvey, betrothed against his wishes to the haughty
daughter of a rival clan. Keir is deep into the political plan to dethrone King
George when he meets Eleanor, a descendent of royalty, but disguised as a boy.
Her convincing impersonation of an English lad fools him and he compels her—thinking
she’s a he—into the center of a murderous royal plot.
Eleanor falls in
love with the Highlander, but revealing her sex and her true identity could
thwart his plans. Escaping will cost her the crown, but staying will lead to
her execution. And either choice means never seeing the Highlander again.
