Here is a list of the best books that I’ve read this year and that were published in 2015. Fiction The Truth According to Us – Annie Barrows The Sisters of Versailles – Sally Christie The Dream Lover – Elizabeth Berg The Witch of Napoli – Michael Schmicker The Mapmaker’s Children – Sarah McCoy Non-Fiction A Beginner’s Guide to Paradise – Alex Sheshunoff The Undertaker’s Daughter – Kate Mayfield Post-Traumatic…
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The Mapmaker’s Children by Sarah McCoy
It is 1859 in North Elba, NY, and John Brown is actively helping slaves escape to Canada via the Underground Railroad. His daughter, Sarah, has just learnt that she can’t have children after a recent bout of dysentery, and she is more determined than ever to help her father, using her artistic abilities to draw maps to show slaves the way to safety. In a parallel story, in the summer…