Books like The Widow's War by Sally Gunning

Pride and Prejudice is a classic novel by Jane Austen.

Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are pulled into the turmoil of World War II, each forging a path of courage and resistance against the Nazi occupation of France.

Craig of the Mohicans, a frontier scout turns away from civilization, forming a bond with a Mohican warrior as they escort two sisters across the perilous wilderness of America's frontier.

A tense portrait of 1926 Harlem, where a mid‑century salesman, his twenty‑year‑old lover, and the wife‑hairdresser wrestle with love, crime, and grief amid the jazz‑filled city.

A charming picture book in which a country house laments the growth of the surrounding city, illustrating the quiet loss of rural life as urban sprawl encroaches.

Framboise Simon returns to a Loire‑bank village where her past as the daughter of a wartime figure remains concealed. A scrapbook of recipes and memories she inherited from her mother holds the key to a tragedy that scarred her childhood.

Henry James’s novel *The American* reprinted with a textual history, background notes, source materials, and critical essays.

Three sisters struggle to reconcile their faith with the world outside the convent.

A twenty‑five‑year‑old widowed farmer in colonial Louisiana meets a Natchez uprising and must navigate love, survival, and power when she becomes the mistress of a French nobleman’s son.

A spy thriller set against the backdrop of World War II Paris, focusing on Jean Casson's tumultuous romance and moral compromises during the occupation.

In 1872 Wigan, England, coal miners endure harsh lives beside lavish owners. Detective Jonathan Blair searches for a missing man, only to find himself drawn to Rose, a fiery pit girl defying Victorian expectations.

A young woman's quest for love and reconciliation after her husband's death in a French plantation setting in the 1870s.

A Chinese mother and her adopted daughter, raised by an American couple, discover how a rare native tea links their worlds and transforms their family's destiny across cultures.

A young widow fights for survival in post-Reconstruction Alabama, using Southern Gothic traditions to create a memorable heroine and explore the complexities of race and loyalty in the Old South.

"In The Disappearing Spoon, bestselling author Sam Kean unlocked the mysteries of the periodic table. In THE VIOLINIST'S THUMB, he explores the wonders of the magical building block of life: DNA. There are genes to explain crazy cat ladies, why other people have no fingerprints, and why some people survive nuclear bombs. Genes illuminate everything from JFK's bronze skin (it wasn't a tan) to Einstein's genius. They prove that Neanderthals and humans bred thousands of years more recently than any of us would feel comfortable thinking. They can even allow some people, because of the exceptional flexibility of their thumbs and fingers, to become truly singular violinists. Kean's vibrant storytelling once again makes science entertaining, explaining human history and whimsy while showing how DNA will influence our species' future"--

A contemporary Scottish writer uncovers a secret from 1708 involving a Jacobite invasion and a long‑lost tragedy, as a haunting ancestral memory threatens to unleash the buried truth for all to see.

Set during the Civil War, the novel follows Carrie's experience at the Battle of Franklin, her love for a wounded soldier, and her dedication of her home as a burial place for fallen troops.

Adam Miller's love affair with a Jewish woman in post-war Venice is threatened by the dark underbelly of the Occupation and the murky past of the city itself.

After her husband’s murder, Rachel Yoder must raise a son alone on the Montana plains. When a wounded stranger appears, her compassion sparks a chance for love and a new future.