Author Archives: Liz Helfrich

by Pamela Mulloy Overall: As Little As Nothing is a quiet, contemplative book that focuses on the interior lives of its characters.  Set in a rural English village in the tense months leading up to World War II, it focuses on the lives of four people: Miriam, a woman recovering from a recent miscarriage; Edmund,Continue reading “As Little As Nothing”

by Jennifer Coburn Overall: Cradles of the Reich follows three women into a Lebensborn home called Heim Hochland in Nazi Germany.  Like the author, I hadn’t heard much about the Lebensborn program other than a reference to it in the Netflix series “The Man in the High Castle” and an occasional allusion to it inContinue reading “Cradles of the Reich”

by E. L. Daniel Overall: All the Gold in Abbotsford takes place in a fictional town in England in the 1300s. In the prologue, the reader meets Stephen Warde, an English soldier who barely escapes from a battle that kills his father. The main narrative then picks up 12 years later when Stephen has returnedContinue reading “All the Gold in Abbotsford”

by Elizabeth Brooks Overall: The House in the Orchard is a perfect read for October, as Brooks has written a gothic tale in the classic style. In 1945, we meet Peggy, recently widowed by the war, her four-year-old son Laurie, and her elderly father-in-law, Frank. They’ve come to Orchard House, a rather decrepit house inContinue reading “The House in the Orchard”