This Week's Acquisitions
- Mrs. J. Sadlier, Alice Riordan, or the Blind Man's Daughter. A Tale for the Young (Thomas Noonan, n.d.). A Catholic tale, set in Canada, about the struggles of a poor father-daughter team trying to make a living in the face of prejudice (among other things). (eBay)
- Mary J. Hoffman, The Orphan Sisters; Or, the Problem Solved (Sadlier, 1875). Another Catholic tale. After losing several children of their own, wealthy parents take in two orphan girls from the local asylum to help care for the ones remaining. There's also a mystery about how the parents are acquainted with the orphans' mother... (eBay)
- Hannah Kent, The Good People (Picador, 2017). Historical novel inspired by the murder trial of Anne Roche in 1826. (Amazon [secondhand])
- Katharine McMahon, The Rose of Sebastopol (Berkley, 2007). A young woman becomes a nurse under the supervision of Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War. (Amazon [secondhand])
- Victoria Glendinning, Electricity (Picador, 1995). A woman discovers new possibilities for her life in Victorian England while her husband works on a major wiring project. (Amazon [secondhand])
- Beth Palmer, Women's Authorship and Editorship in Victorian Culture: Sensational Strategies (Oxford, 2011). Examines the work of Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Florence Marryat, and Ellen Wood in the periodical press. (Amazon [secondhand])
- John de Gruchy, ed., The London Missionary Society in Southern Africa, 1799-1999 (Ohio, 2000). Collection dealing with such topics as David Livingstone, indigenous appropriations of Christianity, political struggles, married missionaries, etc. (Amazon [secondhand])