This (Last Two) Week's Acquisitions
- Lorna Gibb, A Ghost's Story (Granta, 2015). Historical novel told from the point of view of the "ghost" Katie King. (Lift Bridge)
- Laura Purcell, The Silent Companions (Penguin, 2017). A Victorian woman goes away (bad move) to a decrepit mansion (oh dear) where she finds (what else?) something mysterious at work. (Amazon)
- Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole (Bluemoose, 2017). Historical novel about the Cragg Valley Coiners. (Amazon)
- Alan Hollinghurst, The Sparsholt Affair (Knopf, 2018). Follows the interrelationships of two men and their families across multiple generations, from the WWII era onward. (Amazon)
- John D. Miller, Beads and Prayers: The Rosary in History & Devotion (Burns and Oates, 2002). What it says on the tin: the development of the Rosary from the beginnings to the twentieth century. (Amazon [secondhand])
- Lisa J. Shaver, Beyond the Pulpit: Women's Rhetorical Roles in the Antebellum Religious Press (Pittsburgh, 2012). Examines women's writing strategies and claims for authority in religious periodicals, with a focus on Methodist outlets. (Amazon [secondhand])
- Katharine Gerber, Christian Slavery: Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World (Penn, 2018). Links between early modern theories of race and conceptions of Christian "community." (Amazon)