Sarah Anne Carter

Author

historical fiction

Underground Railroad — “Initially she assigned the devastation of Tennessee – the blaze and the disease- to justice. The whites got what they deserved. For enslaving people, for massacring another race, for stealing the very land itself. … But if people received their just portion of misfortune, what had she done to […]

Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction historical fiction on January 27, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Everyone Brave is Forgiven — “I was brought up to believe that everyone brave is forgiven, but in wartime courage is cheap and clemency our of season.” Many fiction books are set in World War II and many romanticize the war. A few show parts of the heartbreak the war brought, but this may be […]

Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on November 28, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

America's First Daughter — “Papa grimaced, contemplating the crystal goblet in his hand. ‘What else is left of me but public service when all my private happiness has been so utterly destroyed?'” If only Washington and Jefferson lived in the time of Internet and social media, we would know so much more about their […]

America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on November 7, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

Light Between Oceans — “On the day of the miracle, Isabel was kneeling at the cliff’s edge, tending the small, newly made driftwood cross.” War can change a man. Love can also change a man. But, can love overcome the damage done by war? After serving in Australia’s military during World War I, Tom […]

The Light Between Oceans
by M.L. Stedman

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on October 3, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

Summer Before the War — “She had treated the war as another civic duty and had entered willingly into her many new commitments. She truly believed that all must serve to the best of their abilities, but the sight of Hugh in uniform, and the realization that his talents would send him to the battlefield, […]

The Summer Before the War
by Helen Simonson

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on September 26, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

Rush Revere — As a military brat, I truly appreciate Rush Limbaugh’s effort to focus on a military brat and his feelings about his father going away for a long time. Rush Revere and the American Revolution continues the youth series about American history written by Rush Limbaugh. This is the third book […]

Rush Revere and the American Revolution by Rush Limbaugh

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction Young Adult Fiction on July 4, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Nightingale — “In love we find out who we want to be. In war we find out who we are.” Some books stick with you for a lifetime and The Nightingale will be one for me. Kristin Hannah brings to life the story of two sisters living in France during World War […]

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on May 23, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

All the Light We Cannot See — “But it is not bravery; I have no choice. I wake up and live my life. Don’t you do the same?” We can’t help where we were placed when we were born. Two children born in Europe a little more than 10 years before the start of World War II […]

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on May 23, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter