Running, Reading, & Random Life Things
Running, Reading, & Random Life Things
Queens of CrimeMarie Benedict In 1930s London, five iconic women crime writers (Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham, and Baroness Emma Orczy) form the Queens of Crime to solve a real murder and prove their worth in a…
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.
Ooooooooofta. This was a heavy subject but well written. I would classify this as historical fiction – taking place in the early 1970s. Sage believed her identical twin sister, Rosemary, had died of pneumonia six years ago but overhears a…