September Reading Recommendations
I never have to look very far to find authors releasing new books. The women whose books I’m listing below are only a sample of the authors I know from the write-ins sponsored by the Women’s Fiction Writers Association (WFWA). In many cases, I met these women when they were first plotting their stories, and going through many drafts and rounds of editing in order to produce their remarkable books. Like all authors, I sometimes wonder if readers understand all that goes into writing and publishing even one book! As I often say, we can love writing more than anything, it can be great fun and a source of joy, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t involve a lot of hard work.
Just released, this book is making quite a splash in the world of historical fiction. As the blurb states:
An historical novel inspired by the experiences of the author’s own family after the Holocaust, a sweeping saga about survival, loss, love, and the reverberating effects of war.
Carla Damron brings back Georgia Thayer, the social worker who made her first appearance in Carla’s award-winning novel, The Orchid Tattoo. Carla took on human trafficking in that book, and now Georgia Thayer doesn’t back away from another crisis in her community.
One shattered birthday party. Two teenage victims. A city drowning in fentanyl.
In early 20th-century Sicily, a talented painter, dreams of gaining admission to the Palermo Art Academy, but circumstances lead her to New York City in search of a fresh start. But what happens next isn’t at all what she expected!
A gritty story of a woman learning to survive in 20th century Gangland New York.
She thought retirement would be her happy ending. The world had other plans.
Lacey turns sixty with a retirement party–and a Norwegian cruise. But somewhere between midnight sun and morning coffee, this Type A executive, who spent decades solving problems, discovers she can’t switch off that easily.
