Flight Risk by Meg Braem
Flight Risk is the story of finding exactly who you need when you least expect it.
WWII
Excerpt: The Matryoshka Memoirs: A Story of Ukrainian Forced Labour, The Leica Camera Factory and Nazi Resistance by Sasha Colby
Excerpt: A granddaughter explores the story of her Ukrainian grandmother’s survival of Hitler’s forced labor camps
Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons by Charlotte Gray
A captivating dual biography of two famous women whose sons would change the course of the 20th century—by award-winning historian Charlotte Gray.
The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel
The Paris Daughter is a sweeping celebration of resilience, motherhood, and love.
Between A Rock and A Hard Place by Johanna van Zanten
Between A Rock and A Hard Place by Johanna van Zanten is a moving exploration of Dutch citizenry in Holland during the Second World War.
The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
From the New York Times bestselling author of Becoming Mrs. Lewis comes a “heartrending, captivating tale of family, first love, and fate” (Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author) about a woman who stumbles across a mysterious children’s book that holds secrets about her missing sister and their childhood spent in the English countryside during World War II.
Wanda’s War: An Untold Story of Nazi Europe, Forced Labour, and a Canadian Immigration Scandal by Marsha Faubert
In this masterful account of a hidden episode of history, Faubert chronicles the tragedy of exile and the meaning of silence for those whose traumas were never fully recognized.
Dear Billie: A World War II Love Story by Karen Lundy
Based on the full text of ninety-two letters written during the Second World War and beyond, Dear Billie tells the true story of a long-distance romance that began during the war and lasted a lifetime.
The Lost English Girl by Julia Kelly
The acclaimed author of the “sweeping and beautifully written novel” (Woman’s World) The Light Over London weaves an epic saga of love, motherhood, and betrayal set against World War II.
As Little As Nothing by Pamela Mulloy
Rich with historical detail, As Little As Nothing beautifully explores themes of resistance, the strength of new bonds, and the various ways we reinvent ourselves.
The Volunteers: How Halifax Women Won the Second World War by Lezlie Lowe
Thoroughly researched and compellingly told, and with a dozen archival images, The Volunteers examines the untold stories of the hardworking women whose unpaid and unacknowledged labour won the Second World War.
Dusty Dreams & Troubled Waters: A Story of HMCS Sackville and The Battle of the Atlantic by Brian Bowman and Richard Rudnicki
This striking graphic novel is a high-stakes adventure, a love story, and an important historical lesson. Features meticulously detailed black and white drawings, an illustrated diagram of the Sackville, information on wartime propaganda, glossary, and an illustrated map.
Three Non-Fiction Flash Reviews
Flash reviews of three recent non-fiction books that deal with WWII, the Atomic Bomb and a Victorian-era serial killer from Canada.
Claudette on the Keys by Joanne Culley
Author Joanne Culley turns her grandparent’s history into a novel of historical fiction in Claudette on the Keys.
Stella’s Carpet by Lucy E.M. Black
Exploring the intergenerational consequences of trauma, including those of a Holocaust survivor and a woman imprisoned during the Iranian Revolution, Stella’s Carpet weaves together the overlapping lives of those stepping outside the shadows of their own harrowing histories to make conscious decisions about how they will choose to live while forging new understandings of family, forgiveness and reconciliation.