Aubray, Camille

Summary: Godmothers to one another's children, four women who married into a prosperous Italian family must come together, despite secrets and betrayals, when their husbands are forced to leave them during World War II, pitting them against notorious gangsters who run the streets of New York City.

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

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Dezenhall, Eric.

Summary: Keeping friends close and enemies closer turned out well for the U.S. Navy during FDR's reign. This novel, based on fact, explains the significant role Lansky, Lucky Luciano, and other mobsters played in ridding New York harbor of spies and preparing the soil for the invasion of Sicily.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2011

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Newman, Janis Cooke

Summary: "Set in 1942 New York and Berlin, "A Master Plan for Rescue "is an enchanting novel about the life-giving powers of storytelling, and the heroism that can be inspired by love. In essence, it is two love stories. It is the story of a child who worships his parents, then loses his father to an accident and his mother to her resulting grief. And it is the story of a young man who stumbles into the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2015

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Gross, Andrew

Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling author of The One Man Andrew Gross once again delivers a tense, stirring thriller of a family torn apart set against the backdrop of a nation plunged into war. February, 1939. Europe teeters on the brink of war. In New York City, twenty-two thousand cheering Nazi supporters pack Madison Square Garden for a raucous, hate-filled rally. In a Hell's Kitchen bar,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2019

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Scoppettone, Sandra.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2005

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Spivack, Kathleen

Summary: "A strange, haunting, exhilarating debut novel about survival and love in all its forms: about sexual awakenings and dark secrets, about European refugee intellectuals who've fled Hitler's armies with dreams intact and who have come to an elusive new (American) "can-do, will-do" world they cannot seem to find. A novel steeped in surreal storytelling and beautiful music that transports its...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015

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Cameron, Sharon

Summary: "In 1946, Eva leaves behind the rubble of Berlin for the streets of New York City, stepping from the fiery aftermath of one war into another, far colder one, where power is more important than principles, and lies are more plentiful than the truth. Eva holds the key to a deadly secret: Project Bluebird -- a horrific experiment of the concentration camps, capable of tipping the balance of world...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021

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