Sarah Anne Carter

Author

historical fiction

The Chilbury Ladies' Choir — “As I walked, I found myself thinking about how my view of the world has changed. Fancy me giving a viscount a few strong words! And defying the law – taking a decision into my own hands to help this wounded man. Perhaps there is something good that has come from […]

The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir by Jennifer Ryan

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on May 8, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Orphan Train — “You can’t find peace until you find all the pieces.” A not so well known part of American history are the orphan trains that took children from the East Coast to the Midwest in the 20s and 30s. Many were children of immigrants who either passed away or couldn’t find […]

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction historical fiction on April 21, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

All Quiet on the Western Front — “I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. I see how peoples are set against one another, and in silence, unknowingly, foolishly, obediently, innocently slay one another.” Can writing about […]

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction historical fiction on April 14, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Rush Revere and the Presidency — “‘Well done, young man. Being president is certainly not easy but it is an honor that the people have chosen you as their leader,’ President Washington said, nodding at Cam.” Written and released during an election year, Rush Revere and the Presidency brings leadership lessons to life with a student […]

Rush Revere and the Presidency by Rush Limbaugh

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction Young Adult on April 10, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

A Paris Apartment — “Someone was listening. Sometimes that’s all a person needed.” April’s Vogt’s life and marriage are at a standstill when she is offered the opportunity to go to Paris for work. Her skills as a furniture appraiser for an auction company are needed when an apartment is discovered untouched after 70 […]

A Paris Apartment by Michelle Gable

This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged historical fiction Online Book Club on April 3, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Last Days of Night — “Tesla’s relationship with money was spookier. It wasn’t exactly that he didn’t care for money. He’d accepted Paul’s offer. Yet money was clearly not the thing that he wanted. Which suggested the question that kept Paul up that night, as the spring air grew warm enough that he’d flung […]

The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore

This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged historical fiction on February 24, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

A Paris Apartment — A Paris Apartment by Michelle Gable Do you enjoy talking to people about what you read? If so, I’m glad you found this page. I’m starting a monthly online book club with questions posted at the end of the month for people to discuss. March’s book is going to be A Paris Apartment by […]

Online Book Club: March Book Announcement

This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged historical fiction Online Book Club on February 15, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

11/22/63 — “If I’d known what the future held for me, I certainly would have gone up to see her. I might even have given her the kiss that had been flirting in the air between us for the last couple months. But of course I didn’t know. Life turns on […]

11-22-63 by Stephen King

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction historical fiction on February 10, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Last Days of 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! It’s time to kick off the online book club for The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore. For today’s questions, please only discuss […]

Online Book Club: The Last Days of Night, part 1

This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged historical fiction Online Book Club on February 8, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Guernsey and Literary Potato Peel Society — “Everyone was so sickly from so little nourishment and bleak from wondering if it would ever end. We clung to books and to our friends; the reminded us that we had another part to us.” During World War II, the Channel Islands were occupied by the Germans in hopes […]

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction historical fiction on February 3, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter