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The Irish Girl (2024)
Ashley E Sweeney
"Mary Agnes Coyne will be a girl after your own heart. Though too young, she must leave her village home in County Galway alone, and sail to America. Upon arrival in big cities of the U.S., nothing is easy, as is the case for many Irish in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. But Mary Agnes has gifts: intelligence, clever humor, beauty, a clear sense of self, and Ashley E. Sweeney to exquisitely describe her story of struggle, perseverance, and optimism. Couldn't put it down, and at the end, was left wanting more of The Irish Girl."
The Vow (2024)
Jude Berman
"Lovers of art and seekers of the Divine will be especially enthralled by this masterful work set in late-1700s Italy and England - a creative revelation of the painterly life of Angelica Kauffman, a historical, exceptionally accomplished artist. Relive her encounters with celebrities of the time, including Joshua Reynolds, Goethe, and royalty."
Sleeping in the Sun (2024)
Joanne Howard
"Howard writes with vivid intensity [...]. The tale unfolds cinematically with lush descriptive prose; you will fully sense the streets and inhabitants of this Indian city and its countryside. But the real depth of this story lies within the relationships [...] both the raw attitudinal differences and the subtle undercurrents the characters either endure or ignore. Twelve-year-old Gene is the heart of the book, the most insightful of all, and the voice you will come to rely upon."
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