Amy's Staff Picks


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Book cover for "In the time of the butterflies"
Star rating for In the time of the butterflies
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
A story based on actual events evokes the horror of the Dominican Republic under dictator General Trujillo, as three sisters die in a jeep "accident" "Set during the waning days of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republica in 1960, this extraordinary novel tells the story the Mirabal sisters, three young wives and mothers who are assassinated after visiting their jailed husbands."--Provided by publisher.
Book cover for "Alias Grace"
Star rating for Alias Grace
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
Takes readers into the life and mind of Grace Marks, one of the most notorious women of the 1840s, who is serving a life sentence for murders she claims she cannot remember