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  The Solitary Sparrow

  Lorraine Norwood

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  She struggles against her enemies. 
  But still, they stand in her way. 
  In 14th century England, Meg of St. Michael’s Mead endures a life of abuse and isolation due to her birth deformity. However, her fortunes change when the village wise woman saves her and teaches her the art of healing. After witnessing a shocking birth, Meg discovers her true purpose: to become England’s first licensed female physician and provide compassionate care to women. 
  To achieve her goal, Meg seeks the tutelage of William of Oxford, a gruff surgeon who agrees to mentor her. But there's a catch. She must keep a secret—William and his son Gerard are performing illegal human dissections—and she must assist them. As Gerard and Meg work together, their feelings for each other deepen. 
  Amidst a civil war, Meg makes an enemy of the Queen, who accuses her of treason. Forced to flee to Montpellier, France, Meg tries to enter medical school, only to be met with resistance. She is told to marry, stay at home, and please her husband. Meg refuses to conform. When a deadly epidemic breaks out in Montpellier, Meg has one last chance to prove herself, but at the risk of losing Gerard.  
  A story of one woman’s courage and persistence, this captivating tale follows Meg's arduous journey of overcoming prejudice and adversity as she battles societal expectations amidst the specter of a lethal epidemic.

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  The Ramage Hawk - A thrilling...

  John Pilkington

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  Get ready for the third thrilling title in John Pilkington's gripping Thomas the Falconer Tudor mystery series! Perfect for fans for S. J. Parris and Andrew Taylor 🩸☠️ 
  ‘This tale gives an authentic sense of Elizabethan life’s visceral side with all its lawlessness and brutality’ - Publishers Weekly 
  A LURE TO MURDER 
  Thomas Finbow, falconer to Sir Robert Vicary, is sent to the remote Salisbury Plain by his master to assist on the estate of the impoverished Sir Giles Buckeridge. Thomas is to train a ramage hawk – an immature, half-wild bird – and to teach the arts of falconry to Sir Giles’s young ward, Gervase. 
  It soon becomes clear, however, that Sir Giles has much bigger problems than falconry as he is struggling to secure respectable futures – and provide sufficient dowries - for his three spirited daughters. 
  Within days of Thomas's arrival, Sir Giles's eldest daughter Jane vanishes - assumed to have run away from her unhappy betrothal to a wealthy older man, Stephen Ridley. But the search for a missing girl soon turns into a hunt for a murderer, and as the body count rises, Thomas has no choice but to do what he does best – hunt his prey… 
  Perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and Andrew Taylor 
  Praise for the Thomas the Falconer series: 
  ‘Larger-than-life characters and authentic 16th-century ambience… Pilkington successfully draws readers into his world and keeps them turning the pages.’ - Booklist 
  'The story moves at a great pace ... it made a welcome change to discover Elizabethan England through the eyes of a lesser mortal.' - The Historical Novels Review 
  ‘A sturdy and entertaining historical for fans of Elizabethan mysteries’ - Library Journal 
  ‘This latest entry in Pilkington’s Thomas the Falconer series is a vigorous adventure featuring a likeable hero, an intriguing plot and a fine sense of period ambience.’ - Booklist 
  Praise for The Ramage Hawk: 
  ‘Hard to put this down.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review 
  ‘Thomas Falconer tales get better and better… Book 3, the best so far!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review 
  ‘A wonderful blend of action murder and mystery.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review 
  ‘Excellent story telling. I'm now completely hooked on this series.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review 
  ‘Excellent! Heroics battles bravery and treachery this story has it all. Falconers unite! Loved it.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review 
  ‘A great historical thriller like Parris and Sansom.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review

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  In the Year of Jubilee

  George Gissing

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  The Jubilee marks the fiftieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Dickensian in its sweeping scope of London life, Jubilee depicts the harsh and disreputable conditions of lower-middle class life at the end of the 19th century. (Introduction by S. Kovalchik)

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  The Land Girls

  Victoria Purman

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  A moving story of love, loss and survival against the odds by bestselling author of The Last of the Bonegilla Girls, Victoria Purman. 
    
  It was never just a man's war... 
  Melbourne,1942 
  War has engulfed Europe and now the Pacific, and Australia is fighting for its future. For spinster Flora Atkins, however, nothing much has changed. Tending her dull office job and beloved brother and father, as well as knitting socks for the troops, leaves her relatively content. Then one day a stranger gives her brother a white feather and Flora's anger propels her out of her safe life and into the vineyards of the idyllic Mildura countryside, a member of the Australian Women's Land Army. 
  There she meets Betty, a 17-year-old former shopgirl keen to do her bit for the war effort and support her beloved, and the unlikely Lilian, a well-to-do Adelaide girl fleeing her overbearing family and theworld's expectations for her. As the Land Girls embrace their new world of close-knit community and backbreaking work, they begin to find pride in their roles. More than that, they start to find a kind of liberation. For Flora, new friendships and the singular joy derived from working the land offer new meaning to her life, and even the possibility of love. 
  But as the clouds of war darken the horizon, and their fears for loved ones - brothers, husbands, lovers - fighting at the front grow, the Land Girls' hold on their world and their new-found freedoms is fragile. Even if they make it through unscathed, they will not come through unchanged... 
  MORE PRAISE 
  'a well-researched and moving story' - Canberra Weekly

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  Too Soon A Man

  Larry D. Kendrick

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  A young boy plunged too soon into manhood when the death of his parents left him alone to fend for himself in a world where it's dog eat dog. Only fourteen years old in 1954, he meets a hobo who educates him about "riding the rails," and he catches a freight train in Fort Worth, Texas, headed for California. The trip is long, cold, and dangerous, but he is determined and strong willed. The boy finally makes it to a farm labor camp in California, where he finds his long-lost older brother, and they set out on new adventures. Hard times and new friends are in store for him. The book discusses how people who were looked down on as "Okies" during and after the Great Depression were able to rise up, accomplishing great deeds and dedication to their country. There is loss of loved ones and romance, an action-packed, historically correct novel that will leave one spellbound and wanting more. It's an entertaining, informative, and heartwarming reading experience. This is an autobiographical work of fiction that is loosely based on the real-life events of the author.

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  The Choir

  Carol M. Cram

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  In a world that wants to silence them, one group of women dares to sing—brought vividly to life by narrator Caroline Hewitt. 
  In the hard streets of 1890s Briarstown, a Yorkshire mill town shaped by poverty and loss, Eliza Kingwell is struggling to survive while raising five daughters. When tragedy destroys her chance to escape, she turns to an unlikely hope: a local singing competition. With nothing left to lose, Eliza gathers a fierce group of working-class women into a choir, chasing a cash prize that could change their lives forever. 
  At the same time, Eliza’s former best friend Ruth Henton—a celebrated London singer—has been undone by scandal and is searching for redemption. Fate reunites them when Ruth is appointed a judge in the very competition Eliza must win. 
  As voices rise, secrets surface, and old wounds are laid bare, The Choir becomes a stirring story of music, sisterhood, and women reclaiming power in a world determined to silence them. 
  Perfect for fans of Jennifer Chiaverini, Tracy Chevalier, and Pip Williams. 
  Narrated by Caroline Hewitt 
  Caroline Hewitt brings depth, warmth, and emotional nuance to The Choir, inhabiting its characters with the insight of both an accomplished actor and writer. A veteran audiobook narrator with more than fifty titles for major publishers including Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, and Bloomsbury, Caroline has also appeared on Broadway, Off Broadway, and in television series such as When They See Us, New Amsterdam, and The Blacklist. She has previously narrated several History Through Fiction titles, including Jungle of Ashes, The Rhino Keeper, and The Porcelain Menagerie.

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