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The last garden in England / by Kelly, Julia,1986-author.;
"From the author of The Light Over London and The Whispers of War comes a poignant and heartwrenching tale of five women in three eras, whose lives are tied together by one very special garden"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Gardens; Secrecy; Women;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Switchboard soldiers : a novel / by Chiaverini, Jennifer,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, a bold, revelatory novel about one of the great untold stories of World War I-the women of the US Army Signal Corps, who broke down gender barriers in the military, smashed the workplace glass ceiling, and battled a pandemic as they helped lead the Allies to victory"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; United States. Army. Signal Corps; World War, 1914-1918;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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Come in spinner [videorecording] : the loves and lives of women in wartime / by Benyon, Lissa.; Chapman, Jan.; Clarke, Justine,1971-; Cusack, Dymphna.; Enright, Nicholas,1950-; Harrow, Lisa.; James, Florence.; Marchand, Robert.; Marshall, Bryan,1938-; BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Ltd.;
Bryan Marshall, Lisa Harrow, Justine Clarke, Gary Sweet, Kerry Armstrong.This Australian drama set during the Second World War is a story of one week in the lives of three remarkable women who run a beauty salon in the posh South Pacific Hotel.PG.
Subjects: Beauty shops; Made-for-TV movies.; Nineteen forties; Television mini-series.; War television programs.; Women; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2013., BFS Entertainment & Multimedia,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Switchboard soldiers [text (large print)] : a novel / by Chiaverini, Jennifer,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, a bold, revelatory novel about one of the great untold stories of World War I-the women of the US Army Signal Corps, who broke down gender barriers in the military, smashed the workplace glass ceiling, and battled a pandemic as they helped lead the Allies to victory"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Large type books.; Novels.; United States. Army. Signal Corps; World War, 1914-1918;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Hestia strikes a match / by Grillo, Christine,1969-author.;
"Set amid the devastation of a new American civil war, Hestia Strikes a Match is the slyly funny story of a woman looking for love and friendship, even as the world collapses"--
Subjects: Novels.; Interpersonal relations; Self-actualization (Psychology) in women; Single women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A thousand ships : a novel / by Haynes, Natalie,author.;
A retelling of the Trojan War from the perspectives of its women follows the stories of a vigil-keeping Penelope, an Amazon princess rival of Achilles, and three goddesses whose feud sparks a tragic conflict.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Trojan War; Trojan War; Goddesses, Greek; Mythology, Greek;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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In the shadow of war / by Chinn, Adrienne,author.;
Etta heads to the bright lights of Hollywood whilst Jessie, determined to train as a doctor, is hampered by the men who dominate her profession. On the plains of the Canadian prairies, Celie and her small family stand on the brink of losing everything. As whispers of a new war make their way to each sister, each must face the possibility of the unthinkable happening again.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Families; Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships; Nineteen thirties; Sisters; Women physicians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Rebel Queen : the Cold War, misogyny, and the making of a Grandmaster / by Polgár, Zsuzsa,1969-author.; Seirawan, Yasser,1960-writer of foreword.;
A real life 'Queens Gambit', 'Rebel Queen' is the story of one of the most renowned women in chess history, Susan Polgar, who took on a sexist establishment, standing up to an authoritarian empire, and rewriting the rules of what women could achieve against the oppressive backdrop of Cold War Eastern Europe.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Polgár, Zsuzsa, 1969-; Polgár, Zsuzsa, 1969-; Chess; Women chess players;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Code name Hélène : a novel / by Lawhon, Ariel,author.;
"A novel based on the real life story of socialite spy Nancy Wake, about the astonishing woman who killed a Nazi with her bare hands and went on to become one of the most decorated women in WWII"--
Subjects: Spy fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Wake, Nancy, 1912-2011; World War, 1939-1945; Women spies;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The codebreaker's secret / by Ackerman, Sara,author.;
A dual-timeline historical novel of codebreaking, secrets, murder, and romance, set in Hawaii in 1943 and 1965, follows two women--a cryptanalyist working to defeat the Japanese Army, and a rookie journalist investigating the disappearance of a high-profile guest during the grand opening of the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Women journalists; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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