This week’s topic:
March 28: Books for People Who Liked Author X
I chose one of my favorite bestselling authors, Kristin Hannah. I love her books because they are filled with strong female relationships, history and dark family secrets. Although some of these are different cultures and time periods, they still have the same feeling.
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Three women, from very different backgrounds are recruited as secret code crackers during WWII.
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A WWII nurse stationed in Bora Bora falls in love with a soldier. Seventy years later she searches to find answers to what really happened.
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WWII has ended and all the Australian war brides who have married American soldiers have boarded a ship to America to meet their husbands.
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Mi-ja and Young-sook are divers on the Korean island of Jeju. Despite their backgrounds, they are closer than sisters until tragedy strikes.
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Elise and Mariko are put in an American internment camp due to their racial backgrounds. When their families are sent to Germany and Japan they lose contact, but the bond remains.
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After the Civil War former slaves advertise to find the family members they were separated from, and go on a mission to find them. Fast forward to 1987 and a young teacher find their story.
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As a child, Laurel witnesses an unexplained encounter with her mother and a stranger. Fifty years later she is compeled to find answers. The search begins in pre-WWII England.
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Eleanor carries guilt over an accident with her sister. Then she takes a part time job helping an elderly woman, Helena, and learns of her complicated relationship with her sister in Hungary during WWII. This helps her come to terms with her own complex dynamic of all sisters.
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Winnie and Helen have kept each other’s secrets for years, but as they face their mortality it’s time to tell their truth. So, Winnie begins telling her daughter, Pearl, a story that begins in 1920s Shanghai and ends in immigrated to the US in 1949.
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Virginia pulls her three estranged daughters together to help settle her estate. They finally learn the secrets of her past that answer questions from their childhood.
The Ship of Brides sounds interesting.
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-for-people-who-liked-shel-silverstein/
Of these I’ve only read The Rose Code, but I loved it, Kate Quinn is one of my favourite authors! I’ve never read anything by Kristin Hannah but I do have The Nightingale sitting on my bookshelf waiting to be read.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2023/03/28/top-ten-tuesday-413/
I’ve only read a few of these authors but none of the specific books you chose. The Rose Code has been on my TBR forever. Great list!
I’ve only read The Last Year of the War, but I agree with the comparison. Several others are on my tbr!
I haven’t written any Kristin Hannah but I’ve seen her books around. I love when authors can inspire these kind of posts.