This provocative, intensely powerful novel is a must - read for sci - fi fans and Civil War aficionados, though
mainstream fiction readers will find it heart - rending and inspiring as well.
She has also been the recipient an Alex Award from the Young Adult Library Services Association, sponsored by the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust and Booklist, one of ten books written for adults that have special appeal for young adults; the BookBrowse Diamond Award for novel of the year; a lifetime achievement award for
mainstream fiction from the Romance Writers of America; Cosmopolitan magazine's «Fearless Fiction» Award 2007; Waterstone's Author of the Year in the UK, a Vermont Green Mountain Book Award, a NH Granite State Book Award, a Virginia Reader's Choice Award, the Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award, and a Maryland Black - Eyed Susan
fiction from the Romance Writers of America; Cosmopolitan magazine's «Fearless
Fiction» Award 2007; Waterstone's Author of the Year in the UK, a Vermont Green Mountain Book Award, a NH Granite State Book Award, a Virginia Reader's Choice Award, the Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award, and a Maryland Black - Eyed Susan
Fiction» Award 2007; Waterstone's Author of the Year in the UK, a Vermont Green Mountain Book Award, a NH Granite State Book Award, a Virginia
Reader's Choice Award, the Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award, and a Maryland Black - Eyed Susan Award.
Also, I do feel that we as
readers must, at least occasionally, step outside our comfort zones and read historical
fiction that may be hard for us, but can teach us so much beyond the view of history we get from whitewashed textbooks and
mainstream media.
- Booklist «Olshan (The Conversion), known for his literary
fiction, delivers a crime novel more likely to satisfy
mainstream than genre
readers.»
Mainstream literary
fiction, we can assume, has different assumptions and associations, and its
readers are more reluctant to explore alternative modes of publication (Where does that conclusion come from?