The Thunder of Giants by Joel Fishbane. Set in 1937, Andorra Kelsey is on her way to Hollywood to become a star. At 7 foot 11 she has always been seen as an embarrassment to her family. Set to act in a movie about the life of Anna Swan, a giantess who toured the world in the 19th Century, Andorra and Anna's stories unfold as two different woman, both trying to prove their worth to the world as more than a sum of their proportions.
Boring Girls by Sara Taylor. Misfit Rachel finds her place in a heavy metal band and a kindred spirit in her friend and fellow metal-head Fern. But the metal scene turns out to be a dark and misogynistic place. A violent encounter leads the girls down a path of revenge, a path which they won't return from.
The Dressmaker of Dachau by Mary Chamberlain. With England on the brink of war, 18-year-old Ada Vaughan, an ambitious seamstress, dreams of a career in couture if only she can escape her dreary family life. Ada gets her wish after an encounter with the charming Stanislaus von Lieben and is catapulted into a glamorous and romantic life. But a trip to Paris with her lover quickly sees them trapped in France with a Nazi invasion on the doorstep. Ada is taken to a German slave camp and must survive the only way she knows how - by being a dressmaker.
The Winter Family by Clifford. Being a fan of Cormac McCarthey I've always had a soft spot for literary westerns. Spanning three decades, a ruthless group of outlaws traverse American from their beginnings during the American Civil War to their final standoff in the territories of Oklahoma.
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