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Eileen Goudge Author Of All They Need to Know

From my list on books to read on a long flight to make you forget you’re in Coach.

Why am I passionate about this?

“Where do you get your story ideas?” I’m often asked. The answer is, “I’m cursed.” As in the Chinese curse: May you live in interesting times. I was a serial wife and a single mom. I’ve been both poor and rich. I’ve travelled to far-flung places around the world. I’ve done extraordinary things, like the time I rode with the New York City Mounted Police in researching my novel, Trail of Secrets. I write what I know, about life with all its ups and downs, beauty and ugliness, magic and mystery.   

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Eileen Goudge Why Eileen loves this book

The best of historical fiction is like time travel: transporting. 

I enjoy reading The Phoenix Crown as it swept me away to the San Francisco of the early 1900’s. I was drawn into the story of three women—an opera singer, a Chinese laundress, and an elderly botanist—whose paths cross, and who unite in a quest that has them battling evil forces while the city burns in the wake of the epic earthquake of 1906.

I’m a sucker for female-centric stories that illustrate the saying “Women are like tea bags. You don’t know their strength until they’re in hot water.” The female characters of this highly entertaining tale show us what they’ve got and then some. “Beam me up, Scottie!”   

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Why should I read it?

3 authors picked The Phoenix Crown as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

An unforgettable story about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of Versailles...

San Francisco, 1906. In a city bustling with newly minted millionaires and scheming upstarts, two very different women hope to change their fortunes: Gemma, a golden-haired, silver-voiced soprano whose career desperately needs rekindling, and Suling, a petite and resolute Chinatown embroideress who is determined to escape an arranged marriage.

Their paths cross when they are drawn into the orbit of Henry Thornton, a charming railroad magnate whose extraordinary collection of Chinese antiques includes the…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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