Sarah Waters: The Sapphic Trailblazer Behind Captivating Historical Fiction Welcome to our latest blog post, where we explore the fascinating life and career of sapphic trailblazer, Sarah Waters. We’ll delve into her early life, cultural influences, and incredible literary achievements….
By Sarah Waters | Narrated by Juliet Stevenson
…times, Sarah Waters has earned a reputation as one of our greatest writers of historical fiction, and here she has delivered again. A love story, a tension-filled crime story, and a beautifully atmospheric portrait of a fascinating time and place,…
By Sarah Waters | Narrated by Juanita McMahon
…noteworthy deput, Tipping the Velvet, Sarah Waters brilliantly evokes the sights and smells of a moody and beguiling nineteenth-century London, and proves herself yet again a storyteller, in the words of the New York Times Book Review, of “startling power.”…
…confirm that Sarah Waters is one of the nicest people. Read Marianne’s 5 Randon Things to discover which Sarah Waters book kept TB up all night. This is TB’s second favorite Sarah Water’s book. Have you checked out Blind Date…
By Gail Carriger | Narrated by Emma Newman
…for those who enjoy Jenny Frame or Sarah Waters only bonus light-hearted urban fantasy. If Jane Austen dated Gentlemen Jack this charming stand-alone romance would be it. Supernatural Society stories can be read in any order, but if you’re a…
By Suzanne Moss
…what is she going to do about it? Readers who enjoy books by Julie Cohen, Sarah Waters, Olivia Waite and Marianne Ratcliffe may enjoy this. Suzanne Moss is a historical researcher fascinated by women’s historical journeys through science and sexuality….
By Emily M. Danforth | Narrated by Xe Sands
…story within a story within a story and featuring black-and-white period-inspired illustrations, Plain Bad Heroines is a devilishly haunting, modern masterwork of metafiction that manages to combine the ghostly sensibility of Sarah Waters with the dark imagination of Marisha Pessl…
By Margaret DeRosia
An enthralling coming-of-age debut novel about a young woman in late 19th-century Venice who becomes a man to join the male-dominated world of the theater as a puppeteer—in the vein of Sarah Waters. Ever since her grandfather introduced her to…
By Dorothy Strachey
…many times, bought it for many of my friends, and consider it the inspiration for Call Me by Your Name.” –André Aciman “Perfectly captures the breathless excitement of adolescent passion.” –Sarah Waters, bestselling author of Fingersmith and Tipping the Velvet…
By Jewelle Gomez | Narrated by Adenrele Ojo
…trouble traditional models of family, identity, and literary genre and imagine for us bold new patterns. A lush, exciting, inspiring read.”–Sarah Waters, author of Tipping the Velvet ” . . . its focus on a black lesbian who possesses considerable…