Bibliography: Hooper, Mary. (2011). Fallen Grace. New York, Bloomsbury USA Children’s. ISBN: 978-1599905648 Plot Summary: Penniless orphans Grace and her sister have just barely managed to avoid starving or freezing to death in Victorian London. When Grace gives birth to a still born baby and sneaks it into the coffin of a well to do [...]
Bibliography: Oliviera, Robin. (2010). My Name is Mary Sutter. New York: Viking Adult. ISBN: 978-0670021673 Plot Summary: Young Albany midwife Mary Sutter wants nothing more then to study to be a surgeon. But the idea of female doctors is still foreign to most, and no one will take her as a student or apprentice. At [...]
As mentioned briefly here, I am joining Amber at The Literary Wife in an informal reading challenge of sorts as we read and blog our way through the top 100 children’s books as voted on by readers of Elizabeth Bird’s A Fuse #8 Production. Brink, Carol Ryrie. (1973). Caddie Woodlawn. New York: Simon and Schuster. [...]
Bibliography: Eagland, Jane. (September 2010). Wildthorn. New York: Houghton Mifflin Children’s Books. ISBN: 9780547370170 Plot Summary: 17 year old Louisa Cosgrove wants nothing more than to study to become a doctor, a rare choice for a woman in Victorian England. When her father, her main supporter, becomes ill and dies, she resigns herself to becoming [...]
Bibliography: Godbersen, Anna. (2009). Splendor: A Luxe Novel. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN: 978-0061626319 Plot Summary: Elizabeth is determined to be a good wife and mother. She doesn’t love her new husband, but she is grateful to him until she starts to uncover details about his past dealings with her father. Her sister, Diana is determined [...]
