The winner of the first-round Historical category, therefore, is The Nesting Dolls by Cynthia Rogers Parks has been chosen as first winner in Historical Fiction category in Novel Journey contest.
Novel Journey's Out of the Slushpile Contest has selected TheNesting Dolls by Cynthia Rogers Parks as its first winner in the category of Historical Fiction. Initially set in Shanghai, China, weeks after the end of the Japanese occupation of the city during WWII, Nesting Dolls traces the story of four generations of women who lose their daughters to war and social upheaval.
Judges unanimously chose the selection from The Nesting Dolls, saying that although the chapter didn't being with an immediate, attention-grabbing hood, the mature, classic writing style, exotic but sympathetic protagonist, and vivid historical detail combined to pull the reader into the story quickly.
Parks' first novel, Houses, was released in November 2009.
Ireland 1967. The Summer of love. Or was it?
A holiday weekend. Amazing weather. American student Dakota Lacey is hiking around Kerry.
But there’s a sinister, dark side to the atmosphere. Lone female hikers are being brutally attacked.
Shanghai Escapist grabs the faint-of-heart right from the get-go and serves up an ultimatum: What would you do if caught in the same circumstances? From the opening scene, the reader is tossed into the maze of daily intrigue as it existed in 1960s-70
Joli Stewart is raised in the lap of luxury on her father's plantation near Charleston, South Carolina. High spirited, non-traditional and head strong, Joli refuses to accept any interference in her life or her romantic decisions. Follow her life dur
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