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Great Depression

1Lightfantastic
Mar 15, 2023, 11:50 am

Any suggestions for novels taking place during the Great Depression?

2Darth-Heather
Mar 15, 2023, 1:56 pm

Daughter of Providence by Julie Drew

3rocketjk
Modifié : Mar 15, 2023, 4:09 pm

4Lightfantastic
Mar 15, 2023, 6:29 pm

Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse, the 1998 Newbery Award winner, was one of the most moving books I’ve read recently.

5gmathis
Mar 15, 2023, 8:49 pm

Fallen Angels by Patricia Hickman is the first of a short series set in Dust Bowl Arkansas and Oklahoma. Good stuff.

6nx74defiant
Mar 16, 2023, 7:39 pm

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is set during the Depression.

If you are in the mood for cozy mysteries Susan Wittig Albert has a mystery series - The Darling Dahlias that is set during the Great Depression

7gmathis
Mar 16, 2023, 8:15 pm

>6 nx74defiant: ...which made me think of another period-appropriate cozy mystery series by Jill Churchill:Anything Goes is the first in the lineup, I believe.

8pamelad
Mar 16, 2023, 10:22 pm

Two British books: Love on the Dole and The Road to Wigan Pier. The Orwell is non-fiction.

9GingerCrinkle
Mar 17, 2023, 8:09 am

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah.

10Carrieida
Modifié : Juil 12, 2023, 10:16 am

>2 Darth-Heather: The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michelle Richardson (late 1930's) and there are many other great books set i this time period including classics. Also The Girl From The Papers by Jennifer Wright which I just reviewed.

11rocketjk
Juil 9, 2023, 11:32 pm

I recently finished The Trackers by Charles Frazier, a good historical novel set during the later stages of the Great Drepression in Wyoming and elsewhere throughout the U.S. You can find my longer review on my 50-Book Challenge thread.