Two American women are born in the same year in New York. Jennie becomes the mother of Winston Churchill and Sara, the mother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This is history at its best seen through the close relationship of mothers and sons. How destiny triumphs when 2 mothers are born in New York about the same time and their sons are destined to save the world in WWII.
A captivating dual biography of two famous women whose sons would change the course of the 20th century—by award-winning historian Charlotte Gray.
Born into upper-class America in the same year, 1854, Sara Delano (later to become the mother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt) and Jennie Jerome (later to become the mother of Winston Churchill) refused to settle into predictable, sheltered lives as little-known wives to prominent men. Instead, both women concentrated much of their energies on enabling their sons to reach the epicenter of political power on two continents.
In the mid-19th century, the British Empire was at its height, France’s…
This is the fifth of nine novels I've had the pleasure of reading by Irish author, Niall Williams - best known for History of the Rain. Williams is a poet who chooses to write prose. Though born in Dublin, these original novels are set in one small village in Ireland where Faha, this one village, becomes the whole world. Time of the Child, set during the Christmas season, 1962, is another glorious character-driven story about how a baby left in a village – parents unknown - changes the lives of a village doctor and his eldest daughter. “Only through the birth of a child,” he thought, “is the lure of death conquered”.
**Winner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award** **Longlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Award** **The instant Irish Times Top Ten bestseller**
A heartbreaking and life-affirming novel about small towns and second chances - from the international bestselling author of Four Letters of Love
'I am utterly obsessed with Niall Williams' Ann Patchett 'A rich and gorgeous book' The Times, The 10 best historical fiction books of 2024 'Irresistible ... A powerful pleasure' Karen Joy Fowler 'Deeply compassionate' Guardian 'Slow, rich, immaculate ... One of the most affecting books I've ever read' The Times 'A beautifully written…
A poetic Southern voice explores how the power of the dead lives on in us. Love surpasses even death. This touched me deeply as so many friends have passed away recently. And death does not kill the love.
"This beautifully written novel, with its complicated, stubborn characters, will haunt you long after the last page." -Margot Livesey, Author of The Boy in The Field
The death of Donald Ray in a freak car accident becomes the catalyst for the release of passions, needs, and hurts. Clayton's discovery of dead Donald Ray upends his longtime emotional numbness. Darlene, the seventeen-year-old widow, struggles to reconnect with her late husband while proving herself still alive. Soon Clayton and Darlene's bond of loss and death works its magic, drawing them into an affair that brings the loneliness in Clayton's marriage to a…
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