About us
People who enjoy history but especially enjoy it told as fiction in order that they gain human perspective. Summed up best by this quote: “History tells us what people do; historical fiction helps us imagine how they felt.” Guy Vanderhaeghe
Meetings will be held virtually on either the 2nd or 3rd Monday from 7:00pm-8:00pm (eastern time zone) on Zoom. The schedule and supporting materials will be on the website.
Deborah Mayer and Lori Vinesett, Co-Coordinators
When you join, we ask that you include a photo of yourself so that it will be easier for everyone to find/recognize one another at meetups.
Please be sure you sign up to our events before showing up!
Non-Networking Policy: We are a friendship-based group. We do not allow networking of any type (e.g., passing around business cards, advertising, solicitation, gathering email address/sending emails for the purpose of sales/promotion/recruitment, posting ads for your own group/to create sales for any product you sell). If you do try any of the above it will be cause for immediate removal from the group. Our members do not wish to be used in this way so please do not join us if this is your idea of friendship. There are plenty of other great meetup groups set up specifically for this purpose, please join them instead.
Disclaimer: By signing up to attend these events, you agree and confirm to discharge the organizer, co-organizer, and any event host from any personal injury or any legal dispute. We are friends and take NO responsibility for you in any way, shape, or form! You are responsible for yourself.
Thank you for understanding!
Upcoming events
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Mother Daughter Traitor Spy (2022) by Susan Elia MacNeal
·OnlineOnlineSynopsis: A mother and daughter find the courage to go undercover after stumbling upon a Nazi cell in Los Angeles during the early days of World War II.
Review: -by-susan-elhttps://avonnalovesgenres.com/book-review-mother-daughter-traitor-spyia-macneal/
Extra feature: "Mother Daughter Traitor Spy" By Susan Elia MacNeal | Boise State Public Radio12 attendees
1666 (2024) by Lora Chilton
·OnlineOnlineSynopsis: The survival story of the Patawomeck Tribe of Virginia has been remembered within the tribe for generations, but the massacre of Patawomeck men and the enslavement of women and children by land hungry colonists in 1666 has been mostly unknown outside of the tribe until now. Author Lora Chilton, a member of the tribe through the lineage of her father, has created this powerful fictional retelling of the survival of the tribe through the lives of three women.
Review:
https://chinooknation.org/review-of-1666-a-novel/
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/lora-chilton/1666/
Extra feature: Interview with author on Book Talkhttps://youtu.be/bag7CpAFFA4?si=iBqG53_hKlrUWfwF6 attendees
Ida in Love and in Trouble (2024) by Veronica Chambers
·OnlineOnlineSynopsis: Before she became a warrior, Ida B. Wells was an incomparable flirt with a quick wit and a dream of becoming a renowned writer. The first child of newly freed parents who thrived in a community that pulsated with hope and possibility after the Civil War, Ida had a big heart, big ambitions, and even bigger How to be a good big sister when her beloved parents perish in a yellow fever epidemic? How to launch her career as a teacher? How to make and keep friends in a society that seems to have no place for a woman who speaks her own mind? And – always top of mind for Ida – how to find a love that will let her be the woman she dreams of becoming? Ahead of her time by decades, Ida B. Wells pioneered the field of investigative journalism with her powerful reporting on violence against African Americans. Her name became synonymous with courage and an unflinching demand for racial and gender equality. But there were so many facets to Ida Bell and critically acclaimed writer Veronica Chambers unspools her full and colorful life as Ida comes of age in the rapidly changing South, filled with lavish society dances and parties, swoon-worthy gentleman callers, and a world ripe for the taking.
Review: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/veronica-chambers/ida-in-love-and-in-trouble/
Extra feature: Interview with authorhttps://youtu.be/53SLYVZrH68?si=9h8oowCdgRjs3eFo5 attendees
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