Mailbox Monday, created by Marcia at To Be Continued, formerly The Printed Page, has a permanent home at its own blog.
To check out what everyone has received over the last week, visit the blog and check out the links. Leave yours too.
Also, each week, Leslie, Vicki, and I will share the Books that Caught Our Eye from everyone’s weekly links.
Here’s what I received:
The California Wife by Kristen Harnisch from Caitlin Hamilton Marketing & Publicity.
It is 1897, and Sara and Philippe Lemieux, newly married and full of hope for the future, are determined to make Eagle’s Run, their Napa vineyard, into a world-renowned winemaking operation. But the swift arrival of the 20th century brings a host of obstacles they never dreamed of: price wars and the twin threats of phylloxera and prohibition endanger the success of their business, and the fiercely independent Sara is reluctant to leave the fields behind for the new and strange role of wife and mother.
An invitation to the World’s Fair in 1900 comes just in time to revive the vineyard’s prospects, and amid the jewel-coloured wonders of Belle epoque Paris, Sara and Philippe’s passion is rekindled as well. But then family tragedy strikes, and, upon their return to California, a secret from Philippe’s past threatens to derail their hard-won happiness in one stroke.
Sara gains an ally when Marie Chevreau, her dear friend, arrives in San Francisco as the first female surgery student to be admitted to prestigious Cooper Medical College. Through Marie, Sara gets a glimpse of the glittering world of San Francisco’s high society, and she also forges friendships with local women’s rights advocates, inciting new tensions in her marriage. Philippe issues Sara an ultimatum: will she abandon the struggle for freedom to protect her family’s winemaking business, or will she ignore Philippe and campaign for a woman’s right to vote and earn a fair wage?
Fate has other plans in store in the spring of 1906, which brings with it a challenge unlike any other that the Lemieux family or their fellow Northern Californians have ever faced.
What did you receive?
Ooh looks really good!
It better be; I’ve been waiting anxiously!
Sounds like a good read, enjoy!
Thanks, Mary Ann. I hope so; I really enjoyed the first, The Vintner’s Daughter
Enjoy your new book!
Thanks, Pat
Thanks for stopping by Emma!
Sounds interesting
I hope so!
Sounds like this Historical novel has a little bit of everything in it, how exciting! I hope you enjoy this one.
Thanks, Annie.
I love historical fiction so this sounds good to me. And what a great cover!
This is the second book! Read the first one! It was fantastic
Good to know!
The California Wife sounds good!
I cannot wait to read this book; the first one was SOOOO Good!