6/8/2023 0 Comments Sarah's Choice by Pegg Thomas![]() ![]() I then email the author and ask how much is involved. I can handle a lot in fiction, but that one thing is just too hard for me to get past, so I tend not to keep going when I see it coming. In her first book of the Forts of Refuge series, Sarah’s Choice, I got a chapter or two in and realized that Sarah was about to be raped. ![]() Because of this, you see a raw, gritty side to historical fiction that is often glossed over in books that prefer to dwell on a kinder, gentler past. If they did good things that don’t fit the current narrative… she shows that, too. If historical people did terrible things… she shows it. One of the things I love most about Pegg Thomas’ writing is that she doesn’t shy away from things that aren’t exactly popular. ![]() If You Love Authentic Historical Fiction, Don’t Miss This Author Note: links may be affiliate links, providing me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. As a “Colonial to Post Civil War” author, her books span a good bit of history, but they all hold one thing in common–strong women, true history, everyone on all sides of coins coming out looking as bad and good as human nature can be and as history reflects. ![]() Since then, she’s gone on to publish other historical books. Shortly afterward, I read her book in one of the Barbour collections (Lighthouses) and I loved her book (and it was almost if not the only one I loved in the collection). I first “met” Pegg, when we started chatting over an amazing debut author. ![]()
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