Love and Ruin
In 1937, twenty-eight-year-old Martha Gellhorn travels alone to Madrid to report on the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War and becomes drawn to the stories of ordinary people caught in the devastating conflict. It’s the adventure she’s been looking for and her chance to prove herself a worthy journalist in a field dominated by men. […]
Circling the Sun
Library Journal ★ 05/15/2015 Famed aviator and renowned racehorse trainer Beryl Markham is only one of the subjects of McLain's captivating new novel. The other is Kenya, the country that formed the complicated, independent woman whom Markham would become. Like her father who raised her, she falls under the spell of Kenya's lush valleys and […]
The Paris Wife : a Novel
The Washington Post – Donna Rifkind The Paris Wife is a richer and more provocative book than many reviewers have acknowledged. What they call cliches are simply conventions that all historical novels share…And The Paris Wife is a more ambitious effort than just a Hallmark version of Americans in Paris. It's an imaginative homage to […]