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  Rust on the Allegheny

  Corey McCullough

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  A multi-generation family saga set in a Pennsylvania town that changed the world. 
  In 2019, a man takes a copyediting job at his local newspaper. In 1939, a boy stands outside a theater and hatches a plan to sneak in. And on a cold, rainy night in 1982, a college student gives a bloodied hitchhiker a ride. Not one of these individuals is aware of how these seemingly isolated events will change their lives forever, or the inexorable connections between them. 
  Rust on the Allegheny is a cozy historical fiction novel told through the shifting perspectives of multiple generations of the MacCulloch family, a bloodline said to be cursed by perennial misfortune. It is the story of one family’s messy and at times dysfunctional relationship with their hometown of Latonia City, Pennsylvania, where moldering Victorian manors and empty art deco theaters chronicle the rich heritage and industrial downturn of America’s Rust Belt, with glimpses of hope for the future.

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  German Wife The: Book Summary &...

  Margot Langley

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  This content is an independent and unofficial summary created for informational and educational purposes only. It is not affiliated with, authorized, approved, licensed, or endorsed by the original author or publisher. All rights to the original work belong to its respective copyright holders. This summary is not intended to substitute the original book, but to offer a concise overview and interpretation of its main ideas.
   
  
  
   
  In a world shattered by war, one woman must navigate love, loyalty, and survival. The German Wife is a gripping historical drama that follows the harrowing journey of a woman torn between her duty and her conscience during the rise and fall of Nazi Germany.
   
  As bombs fall and ideologies clash, she faces impossible choices—choices that will shape her future and redefine her identity. From the desolate ruins of Berlin to the secrets hidden in American suburbs, this powerful story explores guilt, redemption, and the resilience of the human spirit.
   
  
  
   
  In a world shattered by war, one woman must navigate love, loyalty, and survival. The German Wife is a gripping historical drama that follows the harrowing journey of a woman torn between her duty and her conscience during the rise and fall of Nazi Germany.
   
  As bombs fall and ideologies clash, she faces impossible choices—choices that will shape her future and redefine her identity. From the desolate ruins of Berlin to the secrets hidden in American suburbs, this powerful story explores guilt, redemption, and the resilience of the human spirit.

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  The Gentlewoman Author

  Emily Opal

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  Which freedoms is a widow permitted in the year 1755? Might she write or even publish a somewhat scandalous romance? Or fall in love with a younger man? 
   
   
   
  Due to a misunderstanding, Mary publishes a novel, an action she considers highly improper. Behind a pseudonym, she frets over the undiscovered fact that she is an author. When she learns that her brother is forcing his daughter, Louisa, into an arranged marriage, she recognizes the opportunity as an escape for them both. Mary sweeps her niece off to Bath where she intends to stay away from the lure of her pen and to help Louisa find a match. 
   
   
   
  Once in Bath, Mary meets handsome, responsible, and well-heeled Daniel Fletcher, the embodiment of male perfection. She interferes to ensure he and Louisa form an attachment. As affection grows between Louisa and Daniel, she realizes her mistake. Mary wants Daniel for herself. 
   
   
   
  Chatter about Mary's book abounds in Bath. Some of its more inflammatory themes persuade a couple of young people to embark on an elopement. Daniel accompanies Mary in a quest to intercede. On the journey, Mary grapples with her identity as a well-behaved gentlewoman. Is she brave enough to choose love over propriety?

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  Moon and Sixpence

  W. Somerset Maugham

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  This Maugham novel is based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. The story is told by the narrator as he gradually comes to know the main character Charles Strickland, a middle aged stock broker. We follow Strickland from the point where he abruptly abandons his wife and children to become an artist, through his life in Paris and Marseille to Tahiti where he eventually dies of leprosy (Summary by Andy Minter)

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  The Mill on the Floss

  George Eliot, (Mary Ann Evans)

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  "The Mill on the Floss," published in 1860, is a novel by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans). It is a poignant portrayal of Victorian England and captures the complexities of family dynamics, societal expectations, and personal aspirations. The story centers on Maggie Tulliver, a passionate and intelligent woman struggling to satisfy her emotional needs in the rigid provincial community of St. Ogg's. Her relationship with her brother, Tom, and their conflicts with family and society form the crux of the narrative. The novel explores themes of gender norms, education, and the tension between individual desires and social conventions.

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  Signals of Distress - A Novel

  Jim Crace

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  “With beguiling narrative ease and prose lyric . . . a quiet tale of strangers thrown together by caprice . . . [who] find their lives are unintentionally and irreversibly linked.” —New York Times Book Review 
   
  Signals of Distress tells the story of an American emigration vessel grounded off the coast of England in the 1830’s. While the Belle of Wilmington waits to be refloated, the isolated community of Wherrytown offers what hospitality it can to the crew, but the Americans prove to be a disturbing presence. 
   
  A brilliantly imagined historical fiction about emigration, dislocation, and the price of liberty, this novel confirms Crace’s reputation as an extraordinarily gifted writer. 
   
  “An engrossing book . . . Crace is a genius at making round and really human characters, and his characters make his novel superb.” —Newsday 
   
  “One of the brightest lights in contemporary British fiction . . . Mr. Crace . . . lays bare the commonplace events—always unrecorded—that crystallize later as ‘history.’“ —Charles Johnson, The New York Times Book Review 
   
  “Crace weaves a progressive magic into this mythic plot with masterful detail, luminous prose and haunting characterization.” —The Boston Globe 
   
  “Engrossing . . . with his usual dexterity, Crace has evoked the time, place and characters with an astute and ironic eye . . . This novel about people dislocated from their milieu fixes a mesmerizing grip on the reader’s imagination.” —Publishers Weekly 
   
  “Crace has once again succeeded at creating a community far removed from our everyday world . . . and making it real, vivid, and indelible. The result is a quiet, thoughtful work that pulls the reader in powerfully. Highly recommended.” —Library Journal

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