The Midwife – Gay Courter

A historical novel about a young Jewish midwife in turn-of-the-century Russia and New York. 1981. Continue reading →

The Passing Bells – Phillip Rock

A historical saga centered around a household on an English estate in the months leading up to WWI and the difficult years of the war itself, when no member of the household above or below stairs goes unaffected. 1978. Continue reading →

The World in the Evening – Christopher Isherwood

A novel about a man in pre-WWII Europe and America who, while bedridden at his Quaker aunt’s house, reflects on his first marriage and the dissolution of his second. 1954. Continue reading →