We Came Here to Shine is an interesting story of historical fiction. Set primarily at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, it is the story of two women – Vivi, a young aspiring actress, and Max the ambitious journalism student. The story exemplifies the...
Category: Historical fiction
Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland
posted by: thathappyreader
July 3, 2020
This is a lovely debut novel which is set in Atlantic City in the summer of 1934. The book is a tribute to the author’s Jewish family, and is a combination of fact and fiction. The book introduces the Adler family who rent out their...
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
posted by: thathappyreader
June 17, 2020
In the Vanishing Half, twin girls are born in a small southern black community where fair skin is admired, and dark skin is shunned. The girls, Desiree and Stella, are as close as twins can be. That is, until they leave home at the age...
I recently received an ARC of this book from Netgalley and Simon & Schuster Canada and I’m really looking forward to reading it! The publisher’s notes state “Over the course of one summer that begins with a shocking tragedy, three generations of the Adler family...
The Lies That Bind by Emily Giffin
posted by: thathappyreader
May 28, 2020
Emily Giffin is one of my favourite authors. She publishes a book every two years and therefore the wait is longer than it is for some other authors. The Lies that Bind is a book that was well worth the wait. The story begins in...