A wonderful collection of historical fiction and non-fiction books read by the Ascension Book Club in the past year. This basket would make a great gift for any book lover or a Mother’s Day gift! In addition to the eight books, the basket includes a lovely handmade crochet shawl, book light, Vera Bradley mug, Earl Gray tea, silk book bag, bookmarks, journal/pen, and lavender infused socks/sachet.

Books (preowned)

• MY DEAR HAMILTON: A novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton by Stephanie Dray - Epic story of Alexander Hamilton’s wife who shaped an American legacy in her own right


• MR DICKENS AND HIS CAROL by Samantha Silva -A playful reimagining of how Charles Dickens came to write A Christmas Carol


• THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS: Epic story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Dickerson- Meticulously researched saga of the Great Migration of African Americans in the Jim Crow south to the north and west;


• KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann - Scandalous tale of the murders of the Osage Nation in order to obtain the oil rights to their land.


• THE ALL GIRLS FILLING STATION REUNION by Fannie Flagg- Delightful story off the women who flew with the little known Women’s Air Force Service Pilots during World War ll


• UNIVERSE OF TWO by Steven P Kiernan(local author) - Compelling and redemptive story of mathematician Charlie Fisk who was drafted to work on the Manhattan Project and finds himself at odds with his part in the creation of the atomic bomb


• AVIATOR’S WIFE by Melanie Benjamin - Fascinating account of the extraordinary couple Colonel Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh


• THE WOMEN by Kristen Hannah- Heartwarming and heart wrenching story of a young woman who served in Vietnam in the Army Nurse Corps.