So far three contenders for summer beach reading made it into the bag. Two are re-reads…so good the first time that I’m re-visiting–President Carter’s Revolutionary War novel The Hornet’s Nest about the parts of that war fought in the south, based in part on his own ancestors’ stories. The President illustrated the gorgeous book jacket as well. Such a talented man!
And Growing Up Female in Nazi Germany by Dagmar Reese, which explores the world of the Bund Deutscher Madel (BDM) the female section within the Hitler Youth…..so interesting and important background for one of my characters.
The third, just peeking over the top there, is Mrs. Woolf and the Servants, a book I’ve been trying to get to for so long. I’m also bringing Audible versions of Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch–which it seems everyone except me has read– Crazy, Rich Asians by the talented Kevin Kwan and Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II by Keith Lowe that I listen to when I walk.
Not typical beach reading, but I think most historical fiction authors can relate!
