Wickett's Remedy by Myla Goldberg
Wickett's Remedy is an
epic but intimate novel about a young Irish-American woman facing down
tragedy during the Great Flu epidemic of 1918.
Wickett's Remedy
leads us back to Boston in the early part of the 20th century and into
the world of Lydia, an Irish-American shop girl yearning for a grander
world than the cramped confines of South Boston. She seems to be well on
her way to the life she has dreamed of when she marries Henry Wickett, a
shy medical student and the scion of a Boston Brahmin family. Soon
after their wedding, however, Henry shocks Lydia by quitting medical
school and creating a mail-order patent medicine called Wickett's
Remedy. And then just as the enterprise is getting off the ground, the
Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918 begins its deadly sweep across the
world, drastically changing their lives.
Shattered Dreams by Irene Spencer (Biography)
Irene Spencer did as she
felt God commanded in becoming the second wife to her brother-in-law
Verlan LeBaron. When the government raided their community-the Mormon
village of Short Creek, Arizona-seeking to enforce the penalties for
practicing polygamy, Irene and her family fled to Verlan's family ranch
in Mexico. Here they lived in squalor and desolate conditions with
Verlan's six brothers, one sister, and numerous wives and children.
This
appalling and astonishing tale has captured the attention of readers
around the world. Irene's inspirational story reveals how far religion
can be stretched and abused and how one woman and her children found
their way out, into truth and redemption.
The Kill Room by Jeffrey Deaver
Robert Moreno, an
American citizen living in South America, is shot in the Bahamas by a
sniper. The killing was commissioned by the U.S. government, who
received a tip-off that Moreno was planning a terrorist attack on a U.S.
oil company headquarters. But this intelligence was fatally incorrect:
anti-American Moreno ordered a protest at the oil company, not an
attack.
Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are drafted in to
investigate. While Sachs traces Moreno's steps in New York, Rhyme
travels to the scene of the crime in Nassau, where he finds himself on a
dangerous path trailed by the sniper himself. As details of the case
start to emerge, the pair discover that not all is what it seemed. Can
they achieve justice and escape with their lives intact?