Browsing: Sagas

Decades after a 70-year-old woman’s attempt to sail across the ocean, a father and daughter in drought-stricken Europe find her boat — and the secrets it contains. A “brilliant call to arms from a vital contemporary novelist” (Booklist), with over 1,300 five-star Goodreads ratings!

“Wonderful! The kind of novel that you want to read and then discuss with other readers” (Kelly Link). In 18th-century England, Mary Toft stuns her entire town when she begins giving birth to rabbits. “A brilliant work… Like the historical fiction of Hillary Mantel or Caryl Phillips, Palmer does not shy away from the depravity of the past” (Booklist starred review).

In this heartrending saga, coal miner’s daughter Cally has worked hard to create a happy, stable life for herself after a childhood full of hardship. But as World War II looms on the horizon, can she find a way to hold on to everything she loves?