A book I loved, in case you missed it: Wood's memoir is captivating and lovely, poignant, sweet without being overly sentimental, and just all-around wonderful. In 1963 the Woods were a typical Catholic immigrant family in Mexico, Maine. Dad worked for the local paper mill alongside countless other immigrants, and the family had a steady life. But when Monica's father died suddenly, Monica and her three sisters began to drift. Father Bob, their mother's brother, tried to be the ballast the family needed. Then Monica's mother became inspired after the tragic death of John F. Kennedy, and she insisted on a family road trip to Washington, D.C. The trip was an initial, unexpected step toward the healing Monica and her family desperately needed. When We Were the Kennedys is about grieving deeply, leaning on family and community in a crisis and in common suffering, and figuring out the impossible: how to move on after devastating tragedy. Wood gorgeously evokes the many characters and unfathomable events that changed her family's existence--as well as that of her community and the entire country--in 1963. Oh, how I loved this book! Wood's memoir is heartwarming and funny and tragic and vivid. This memoir is fantastic. I ate it up in a single day. ICYMI: A Book I Loved I had to post about this book in case you missed it when it was first published. I'm also going to admit here that in the notes I made with my five-star rating just after reading this in 2012, I said "This memoir is the bomb."

The more modern timeline introduces Wendy, a NYPL librarian in the 1980s. Yet I loved the rich early-1900s San Francisco setting, the focus on the arts, the strong women characters In the 1950s timeline, Oscar Hammerstein is striving to bring Maria's story to life on the stage--but

ability to travel through memory to revisit the past secures her a revered role in a counterculture 1950s

In the 1950s timeline, Oscar Hammerstein is striving to bring Maria's story to life on the stage--but

ability to travel through memory to revisit the past secures her a revered role in a counterculture 1950s

Whalebone Theatre  begins with offbeat children's performances on a lazy, decadent English estate in the 1920s Joanna Quinn's debut novel is a hefty 558 pages, and the story sweeps through time from the 1920s malaise , widespread, deadly West Virginia Mine Wars and thousands-strong labor uprising that took place in 1920 In Rednecks , Taylor Brown presents a historical novel centering around the real-life events of the 1920 As Lauren Grodstein's We Must Not Think of Ourselves  begins, it's November 1940, and Adam Paskow is

tales by the reclusive Victorian author Eliza Makepeace, who mysteriously disappeared in the early 1900s Garden (a book I was obsessed with as a child) for grown-ups, with intertwined, mysterious stories from 1900

novel about second chances, The Wedding People ; and I'm reading Bonnie Blaylock's Appalachian-set 1930s In Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills , it's 1930 in the Kentucky Appalachians, and Amanda Rye is a

around the riveting battles and rebellion against oppression surrounding the West Virginia Mine Wars of 1920 In Rednecks, Brown presents a historical novel centering around the events of the 1920 and 1921 West

investigating the mystery, Listen for the Lie; and I'm listening to James McBride's novel exploring a poor 1930s victories, missteps, losses, and love among a host of characters in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, in the 1930s

issues of race across three timelines, linked by a special bond between an enslaved man and a horse in 1850s In Geraldine Brooks's newest novel, Horse, she links three periods in time: 1850 Kentucky, where an enslaved groom and a foal forge a bond and an itinerant painter captures their likenesses; 1954 New York City Horse takes place primarily in the 1850s timeline, as we see Jarrett grow up enslaved and dedicated to

In 1920s Alaska, Jack and Mabel are struggling. Ji Lin doesn’t fit the mold of a typical woman from 1930s Malaysia or that of the British colonists living

Circling the Sun  (a captivating account of the real-life Beryl Markham's adventures as an aviator in 1920s

As Lauren Grodstein's We Must Not Think of Ourselves begins, it's November 1940, and Adam Paskow is one

In 1920s New York, Benjamin Rask is a ruthless, outrageously successful Wall Street tycoon, and his beloved

Circling the Sun  (a captivating account of the real-life Beryl Markham's adventures as an aviator in 1920s

Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Nocturne, Alyssa Wees's fantasy novel about a prima ballerina in 1930s Alyssa Wees In Alyssa Wees's slim (it's 240 pages) fantasy novel Nocturne, set in the Little Italy of 1930s

centers around feminism and building new perspectives; historical fiction about a traveling librarian in 1930s . 04 Light to the Hills by Bonnie Blaylock Blaylock's story centers around a packhorse librarian in 1930s In Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills , it's 1930 in the Kentucky Appalachians, and Amanda Rye is a

victories, missteps, losses, and love among a host of characters in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, in the 1930s

Language of Dragons: An Epic Tale of Forbidden Romance, Dragon Languages, and Civil War in an Alternate 1920s

to be published tomorrow), historical fiction about a strong young woman and her mining community in 1900s Gilded Mountain by Kate Manning Kate Manning's Gilded Mountain (to be published November 1) is set in 1900s

a captivating series of character studies within a tightly knit Irish seaside community in the late 1900s In a seaside Irish town in the 1970s, a baby is washed up on the shore.

pristine stacks (adhering, for now, to the satisfyingly arcane Dewey Decimal System developed in the late 1900s

Harris's action-packed World War II story moves between the terrors of 1930s Germany and the glamour In the newest World War II-set novel by Tessa Harris, it's 1930, and Jewish ballet dancer Lilli Sternberg

Joanna Quinn's debut is a doorstop of a book at 558 pages, and the story sweeps through time from the 1920s

Trust by Hernan Diaz This story-within-a-story-within-a-story reveals a clever woman working within the 1920s In 1920s New York, Benjamin Rask is a ruthless, outrageously successful Wall Street tycoon, and his beloved

In 1920, the most wealthy people per capita in the whole world were the members of the Osage Nation in

Grey Dog  begins as an immersive historical fiction story of a young teacher with a shocking past in 1900s you, you might also be interested in my Bossy reviews of other historical fiction books set in the 1900s

, widespread, deadly West Virginia Mine Wars and thousands-strong labor uprising that took place in 1920 In Rednecks , Taylor Brown presents a historical novel centering around the real-life events of the 1920 Jack and Elizabeth are strangers living across an alley in a gritty artists' area of 1990s Chicago, and

issues of race across three timelines, linked by a special bond between an enslaved man and a horse in 1850s In Horse, Geraldine Brooks links three periods in time: 1850 Kentucky, where an enslaved groom and a foal forge a bond and an itinerant painter captures their likenesses; 1954 New York City, in which a Horse takes place primarily in the 1850s timeline, as we see Jarrett grow up enslaved and dedicated to Now Zott is a chemist in 1960s California on an otherwise all-male staff at Hastings Research Institute

In Alyssa Wees's slim (it's 240 pages) fantasy novel Nocturne, set in the Little Italy of 1930s Chicago

As Lauren Grodstein's We Must Not Think of Ourselves begins, it's November 1940, and Adam Paskow is one

account offers a cohesive, extensive argument) between the numerous mass-murderers who took shape in the 1970s and 1980s and grew up to terrorize the Pacific Northwest--and, in some cases, other areas of the country Fraser notes that serial killers in the US grew from 40 in the 1940s to 300 or more in the 1980s.

Grey Dog  begins as an immersive historical fiction story of a young teacher with a shocking past in 1900s you, you might also be interested in my Bossy reviews of other historical fiction books set in the 1900s

Young Vivian's carousing in 1940s New York City is entertaining, sexy, and an interesting burst of feminism In City of Girls, Gilbert writes about a young woman's coming of age in 1940s New York City and traces

Whalebone Theatre begins with offbeat children's performances on a lazy, decadent English estate in the 1920s Joanna Quinn's debut novel is a hefty 558 pages, and the story sweeps through time from the 1920s malaise

Horse by Geraldine Brooks In Geraldine Brooks's newest novel, Horse, she links three moments in time: 1850 where an enslaved groom and a foal forge a bond and an itinerant painter captures their likenesses; 1954

facing the fears and joys of seeking a new life in a new place. 01 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee In the early 1900s

fiction story that's multigenerational, features a winery backdrop, and references racy reads from the 1980s Huckleberry Finn about four young orphans evading danger and coming of age on the Mississippi in the 1930s So far this is a lovely light fiction story that also focuses on racy reads from the 1980s in the form listening to Krueger's This Tender Land as an audiobook, and so far I feel satisfyingly immersed in 1930s

listening to Timothy Egan's narrative nonfiction account of the immense power of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s

of Wings, which is on my to-read list (and was inspired by a historical figure of a slave in early 1900s

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Circus Train, Amita Parikh's upcoming novel set in a 1920s

Circling the Sun (a captivating account of the real-life Beryl Markham's adventures as an aviator in 1920s

facing the fears and joys of seeking a new life in a new place. 01 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee In the early 1900s

This was like a Secret Garden for grown-ups, with intertwined, mysterious stories from 1900, 1975, and

The book jumps between 1940, the beginning of the women's forays into their secret duties and responsibilities

The book jumps between 1940, the beginning of the women's forays into their secret duties and responsibilities

He holds vivid memories of life in 1900s London--and he holds a postcard a century old, sent to him from

Luz “Little Light” Lopez is a tea leaf reader and laundress in 1930s Denver who is trying to fend for

Silkstone series and the Constance Piper Mystery series as well as The Light We Left Behind), it's 1930