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The sky beneath us. by Valpy, Fiona.;
1927. Violet Mackenzie-Grant is embarking on her dream of studying at the Edinburgh School of Gardening for Women. She doesn't yet know that it's a journey that will take her to Kathmandu and beyond, deep into captivating landscapes and cultures that are worlds away from everything and everyone she's left behind in Scotland. 2020. Daisy Laverock has dreamed of retracing the footsteps of her great-great-aunt Violet ever since discovering her long-lost journals, whose accounts of plant hunting in the 1930s inspired Daisy's own career. Divorced, and facing an empty nest, Daisy decides to embark on the trip of a lifetime. She arrives in Nepal, ready to start trekking in the shadow of Everest. But fate, and the pandemic, have other plans. Stranded and alone, Daisy must fall back on the kindness of strangers, taking inspiration from Violet's determination and resilience to keep going in the darkest of times. As she gradually pieces together the fragments of Violet's story and uncovers long-held secrets, can Daisy finally reveal a path forward to her own future?Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Historical / World War II; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century;
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Polostan : Volume One of Bomb Light. by Stephenson, Neal.;
The first installment in a new series, 'Polostan' follows the early life of Dawn Rae Bjornberg, who spends her early years in Russia before moving to the U.S. as a teenager. When a surprising revelation about her past puts her in the crosshairs of U.S. authorities, Dawn returns to Russia, where she is groomed as a spy by the organization that later becomes the KGB.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / World War II & Holocaust; FICTION / Historical / World War II; FICTION / Thrillers / Historical; FICTION / Thrillers / Military;
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The Keeper of Lost Art : A Novel. by Morelli, Laura.;
During WWII, a girl makes an unbreakable connection with a boy sheltering in her familys Tuscan villa, where the treasures of the Uffizi Galleries are hidden. 'The Keeper of Lost Art' is a moving coming-of-age story about the power of art in wartime, based on true events. From the author of 'The Last Masterpiece'. Book Club.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Historical fiction.; FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / World War II & Holocaust; FICTION / Historical / Renaissance; FICTION / Historical / World War II; FICTION / Thrillers / Espionage;
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The Keeper of Lost Art [text (large print)] : A Novel. by Morelli, Laura.;
During WWII, a girl makes an unbreakable connection with a boy sheltering in her familys Tuscan villa, where the treasures of the Uffizi Galleries are hidden. 'The Keeper of Lost Art' is a moving coming-of-age story about the power of art in wartime, based on true events. From the author of 'The Last Masterpiece'.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Historical fiction.; FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / World War II & Holocaust; FICTION / Historical / Renaissance; FICTION / Historical / World War II; FICTION / Thrillers / Espionage;
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The Orphan's Secret Library. by Peters, Glynis.;
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: THE ORPHAN'S HOMECOMING, ISBN 9780008665319. In this fourth entry of the 'Red Cross Orphans' series, Alice Carmichael finds herself at the mercy and kindness of strangers, miles from everything shes ever known, and soon finds that books become her purpose. Now, Alice must channel the courage of her favourite heroines to risk everything for her country. Because its only in writing her own story that Alice can seize the destiny her beloved books have taught her she deserves.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Historical fiction.; FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / World War II; FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century; FICTION / Romance / Military; FICTION / Sagas; FICTION / War & Military;
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The Lies We Leave Behind : A Novel. by Salazar, Noelle.;
Somewhere in the Pacific, 1943. Kate Campbell is a nurse who bravely flies back and forth from the front to rescue wounded soldiers. When she falls in love with a patient, completely by accident, her life is split in two, and she'll have to choose - does she follow her heart when her love is sent back to America, or travel back into danger one more time to make peace with the secret shes been harboring?Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Historical fiction.; FICTION / Historical / World War II; FICTION / Romance / Action & Adventure; FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century; FICTION / Women;
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The Secret Pianist. by Newton, Andie.;
'The Secret Pianist' is a story of sisterhood and extraordinary bravery, based on true events in WWII. When a British RAF Whitley plane comes under fire over the French coast and is forced to drop their cargo, a spy messenger pigeon finds its way into unlikely hands. From the author of 'A Child for the Reich'.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Historical fiction.; FICTION / Family Life / Siblings; FICTION / Historical / World War II; FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century; FICTION / War & Military; FICTION / Women;
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Return to Valetto / by Smith, Dominic,1971-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."The story of an heir's return to an abandoned town in Italy, the secrets of the family who stayed, and the long shadow of fascism and collaboration in World War II"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Families; Family secrets; Secrecy; World War, 1939-1945;
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The last masterpiece : a novel of World War II Italy / by Morelli, Laura,author.;
Called to Nazi-occupied Italy in 1943, a German photographer and an American stenographer hunt for priceless masterpieces before they are destroyed by Hitler, in this pulse-pounding adventure inspired by the incredible true story of the Monuments Women, the Fifth Army WACs and the looted Florentine art collections during World War II.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Art treasures in war; Cultural property; Typists; Women photographers; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Mrs. Porter calling : a novel / by Pearce, A. J.(Amanda-Jane),author.;
"A novel featuring plucky aspiring journalist Emmy Lake as she navigates life, love, and friendship in London during World War II"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Friendship; Periodicals; Women journalists; World War, 1939-1945;
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