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amother
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 Tue, Sep 08 2020, 1:32 am
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Looking for something similar historical fiction, well written and clean. Any leads?
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Amarante
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Tue, Sep 08 2020, 2:49 am
I read the book and liked it.
It wasn’t a book with a lot of s*ex scenes but if it is the book as I remember there were some plot lines that were adult. For example. I just finished a book about Miss Subway of 1949 and there was a subplot. Also a book about a Jewish family in Atlantic City in the 1930 which wouldn’t be for children but wasn’t what I think of as prurient.
Also does it have to be set in New York with Jewish families.
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amother
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Tue, Sep 08 2020, 9:19 am
Did you read her second book-wartime sisters. I really enjoyed them both.
There's quite a lot of English authors who write about 1930s etc set in Liverpool etc. Not sure names of authors though
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amother
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Tue, Sep 08 2020, 9:22 am
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You probably would like The Chilbury Lady's Society by Jennifer Ryan. You might also like books by Karen White.
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groovy1224
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Tue, Sep 08 2020, 9:32 am
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Try The Dinner Party by Brenda Janowitz. It came up recommended to me on goodreads after I read The Two Family House. It was cute.
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amother
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Tue, Sep 08 2020, 10:54 am
| Amarante wrote: | I read the book and liked it.
It wasn’t a book with a lot of s*ex scenes but if it is the book as I remember there were some plot lines that were adult. For example. I just finished a book about Miss Subway of 1949 and there was a subplot. Also a book about a Jewish family in Atlantic City in the 1930 which wouldn’t be for children but wasn’t what I think of as prurient.
Also does it have to be set in New York with Jewish families. |
Thanks! What are the names or those books?
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amother
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Tue, Sep 08 2020, 10:55 am
| Amarante wrote: | I read the book and liked it.
It wasn’t a book with a lot of s*ex scenes but if it is the book as I remember there were some plot lines that were adult. For example. I just finished a book about Miss Subway of 1949 and there was a subplot. Also a book about a Jewish family in Atlantic City in the 1930 which wouldn’t be for children but wasn’t what I think of as prurient.
Also does it have to be set in New York with Jewish families. |
Yes I like those set in NY
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Amarante
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Tue, Sep 08 2020, 12:53 pm
Here's some books you might like based on your criteria. You can check Amazon for synopsis to winnow them down
Sima's Undergarments for Women - Ilana Stanger-Ross - basement lingerie shop in Borough Park - multigenerational
The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street: Susan Jane Gilman - woman starts an ice cream company
The Swans Of Fifth Avenue- Melanie Benjamin
As Close To Us As Breathing - Elizabeth Poliner
Vintage by Susan GlossAstor Place Vintage - Stephanie Lehmann
Cavendon Hall - Barbara Taylor Bradford (English setting)
Cavendon Women
Brooklyn: A Novel - Colm Toibin
In Fairleigh Field - Rhys Bowen - English WW II
Saints For All Occasions - J Courtney Smith
Modern Girls - Jennifer S. Brown - NY Jewish immigrant community of 1935
Before We Were Yours - Lisa Wingate
What To Do About The Solomons - Bethany Ball
The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Letter - Kathryn Hughes
The Gilded Years -Karin Tanabe
The Londoners - Margaret Pemberton - London series set in WW II and years immediately following
Magnolia Square - Margaret Pemberton -
Coronation Year - Margaret Pemberton
The Sewing Machine - Natalie Fergie
Marjorie Morningstar- Herman Wouk - a classic coming of age of Jewish girl in the 1930’s
Debutantes - Ann Melville - English WW II
The Bannister Sisters - Jean Saunders - London WW II
Not Our Kind - Kitty Zeldis
Dressing the Dearloves - Kelly Dust - multigenerational English novel
Best of Everything - Rona Jaffe - classic NYC working women in the 1950’s
Giver of Stars - JoJo Moyes
The Sisters Weiss - Naomi Ragen
We Came Here To Shine - Susie Orman Schnall - setting is 1939 Worlds Fair
The Daughters of Erietown - Connie Schultz - multigenerational novel
The Last Bathing Beauty - Amy Sue Nathan - setting is Catskills in 1951
Florence Adler Swims Forever - Rachel Beanland - Jewish family living in Atlantic City in the 1930’s
The Art of Baking Blind - Sarah Vaughan - somewhat similar to Two Family House - set in England with historic back story
The Subway Girls - Susie Orman Schnall - Jewish girl who competes for Miss Subway 1959
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amother
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Tue, Sep 08 2020, 1:29 pm
Based on her criteria, I'd nix naomi ragen and taylor jenkins reid.
Rhys Bowen is good. She has a series set in NY early 1900s. No Jewish characters though.
Truthfully most Jewish family sagas written for secular audiences do have a lot of s*x. Weird but true.
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amother
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Tue, Sep 08 2020, 2:11 pm
| Amarante wrote: | Here's some books you might like based on your criteria. You can check amazon for synopsis to winnow them down
Sima's Undergarments for Women - Ilana Stanger-Ross - basement lingerie shop in Borough Park - multigenerational
The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street: Susan Jane Gilman - woman starts an ice cream company
The Swans Of Fifth Avenue- Melanie Benjamin
As Close To Us As Breathing - Elizabeth Poliner
Vintage by Susan GlossAstor Place Vintage - Stephanie Lehmann
Cavendon Hall - Barbara Taylor Bradford (English setting)
Cavendon Women
Brooklyn: A Novel - Colm Toibin
In Fairleigh Field - Rhys Bowen - English WW II
Saints For All Occasions - J Courtney Smith
Modern Girls - Jennifer S. Brown - NY Jewish immigrant community of 1935
Before We Were Yours - Lisa Wingate
What To Do About The Solomons - Bethany Ball
The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Letter - Kathryn Hughes
The Gilded Years -Karin Tanabe
The Londoners - Margaret Pemberton - London series set in WW II and years immediately following
Magnolia Square - Margaret Pemberton -
Coronation Year - Margaret Pemberton
The Sewing Machine - Natalie Fergie
Marjorie Morningstar- Herman Wouk - a classic coming of age of Jewish girl in the 1930’s
Debutantes - Ann Melville - English WW II
The Bannister Sisters - Jean Saunders - London WW II
Not Our Kind - Kitty Zeldis
Dressing the Dearloves - Kelly Dust - multigenerational English novel
Best of Everything - Rona Jaffe - classic NYC working women in the 1950’s
Giver of Stars - JoJo Moyes
The Sisters Weiss - Naomi Ragen
We Came Here To Shine - Susie Orman Schnall - setting is 1939 Worlds Fair
The Daughters of Erietown - Connie Schultz - multigenerational novel
The Last Bathing Beauty - Amy Sue Nathan - setting is Catskills in 1951
Florence Adler Swims Forever - Rachel Beanland - Jewish family living in Atlantic City in the 1930’s
The Art of Baking Blind - Sarah Vaughan - somewhat similar to Two Family House - set in England with historic back story
The Subway Girls - Susie Orman Schnall - Jewish girl who competes for Miss Subway 1959 |
Thank you so much!!!!
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amother
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Tue, Sep 08 2020, 2:17 pm
| amother [ cornflower ] wrote: | Based on her criteria, I'd nix naomi ragen and taylor jenkins reid.
Rhys Bowen is good. She has a series set in NY early 1900s. No Jewish characters though.
Truthfully most Jewish family sagas written for secular audiences do have a lot of s*x. Weird but true. |
Ty! I yes looking for the cleaner kind
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amother
cornflower
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Tue, Sep 08 2020, 2:18 pm
| amother [ OP ] wrote: | | Ty! I yes looking for the cleaner kind |
It doesn't really exist, if you want Jewish ones.
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Amarante
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Tue, Sep 08 2020, 2:24 pm
There is a difference between stories in which people do adult things and those in which there is description in detail of what is happening.
I have no interest in reading explicit descriptions but I also can’t imagine limiting myself to books in which plot lines are completely devoid of any kind of normal stuff that occurs.
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