Sarah Anne Carter

Author

historical fiction

House of Gold — “It was a secret as small as a leaf. It belonged only to her.” Greta was born into the elite financial family Goldbaum and wants for nothing in life until she is forced to marry a distant cousin and realizes love may be completely out of her reach in House […]

House of Gold by Natasha Solomons

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction historical fiction on November 23, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

At the Water's Edge — “The monster—if there was one—never revealed itself to me again. But what I had learned over the past year was that monsters abound, usually in plain sight.” Maddie has lived a life devoid of love. She is an afterthought to her parents with a father focused on business and a […]

At The Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on November 12, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Kelegeen — “I hate this famine,” Meg whispered in his ear. “’Tis the cruelest thing in all creation.” The village of Kelegeen in Ireland is struck by the potato famine and each family does what it takes to survive. The first year isn’t so bad as most have pigs or services they […]

Kelegeen by Eileen O’Finlan

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on November 2, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Aviator's Wife — “Were we women always destined to appear as we were not, as long as we were standing next to our husbands?” Anne and Charles Lindbergh were America’s favorite couple when they were making strides in the aviation front. Together, they charted new routes and went places no airplane had gone […]

The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on October 29, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Carnegie's Maid — “What did it say about society that the best a lowborn educated girl could hope for was respectable servitude?” Clara Kelly leaves Ireland to find a better life for her in America and to send money back home to her family. Wandering the streets, not knowing where to look for […]

Carnegie’s Maid by Marie Benedict

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on October 15, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Aviator's Wife — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup]If you are stopping by to find questions for your book club, please leave a note for me telling me where you are from! Welcome to the September Online Book Club. This month we’re discussing The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin. The Aviator’s Wife tells the story of the […]

Online Book Club: The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin

This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged historical fiction Online Book Club on September 26, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Day After Night — “Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.” Four women are waiting to make a new life for themselves after surviving the horrors of being Jewish in Europe during World War II. They have left their home continent to live in the new state of Israel. Without identity papers, […]

Day After Night by Anita Diamant

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on September 10, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Day After Night — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup]If you are stopping by to find questions for your book club, please leave a note for me telling me where you are from! Welcome to the August Online Book Club. This month we’re discussing Day After Night by Anita Diamant. In Day After Night, four women are […]

Online Book Club: Day After Night by Anita Diamant

This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged historical fiction Online Book Club on August 29, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Room on Rue Amelie — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “How extraordinary to find love in the midst of war.” Ruby is an American who found herself in France married to a man she once loved, but hardly sees anymore. As war approaches, she finds herself alone, but not wanting to leave France. Her only “friend” is […]

Room on Rue Amelie by Kristen Harmel

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on July 20, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Synod — “With the sense that someone was lurking nearby, Goldfinch shook himself out of the daze. He felt a chill forming at the back of his neck.” A small settlement in New Jersey has its sights set on being set apart from the world. It’s 1829 and Andrew Jackson is president […]

Synod by Dan C. Gunderman

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on June 22, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter