WooReads Adult Patron Book Reviews: Historical Fiction

This week we have stellar patron reviews about historical fiction. From the Dutch tulip craze to 1960s America, these patrons traveled to some impressive places on the page. There's still time to log the books you've read for WooReads: The Adult Read-In Challenge. Help us reach a community goal of 5,000 books read by May 31st. We know Worcester can do it!

Today We Go Home by Kelli Estes

A great story about a woman during the Civil War who dressed like a man to join the Union Forces, and her female counter part in modern time and their challenges with PTSD. 

~ Frances N.

One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus

Excellent. Fictional journal of one white woman in possible Cheyenne/US deal trade of 1000 white women/1000 horses to try to assimilate Cheyennes into white culture in 1875.
 ~ Jeanne C.

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

For a fictional story the interview style of writing is an interesting way to look at a period in time. The author touches a number of classic themes. Good book. Moves well.
 ~ Chris T.

The Last Painting Of Sara De Vos by Dominic Smith

Nice combination of history and fiction. You get a feel for the 1600s in Netherlands and learn about painting guilds around the time of the tulip explosion. The rest of the story is well-written and easy to follow even though placed in two time periods. You can feel the distinction of classes between the two main characters. Satisfying in that it is a story with a beginning, middle and end, unlike a lot of writing these days. ~ Linda J.