by Elizabeth Brooks
Recommended by Dana Perino
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Historical Fiction, Most Recommended Books, and Mystery & Crime.
England, 1939. Tenyearold Virginia Wrathmell arrives at Salt Winds, a secluded house on the edge of a marsh, to meet her adoptive parents?practical, dependable Clem and glamorous, mercurial Lorna. The marsh, with its deceptive tides, is a beautiful but threatening place. Virginia?s new parents? marriage is full of secrets and tensions she doesn?t...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Historical Fiction, Most Recommended Books, and Mystery & Crime.
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Dana Perino
American conservative political commentator and the 24th White House Press Secretary (born 1972)
“New book recommendations: The Dutch House. The Orphan of Salt Winds.”
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Consider The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. Recommended by 5 sources.
“This sprawling, detail-rich historical novel follows cathedral builders, nobles, and townspeople across decades, delivering immersive scene-setting and a steady accumulation of plotlines. Its useful part is the sustained attention to craft—architecture, politics, rivalry—that makes the medieval world tangible. The main limitation is repetitive melodrama and swings in pacing: long, satisfying set pieces sit beside stretches that feel slow or contrived. Better read slowly rather than skimmed; readers who stick it out will find payoff in the concluding convergences.”
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