Margaret Ullman: 2 books

Here Psappha, as Sappho called herself in her own soft Aeolian dialect, sings her way from sadness through exile to triumph. Deliciously written, with descriptive language that transports you wholly into an ancient world, the author's sensuous, often erotic, tale grips and tantalizes with an...

The American Civil War erupts in their yard, leaving the Loren sisters and their friends no choice but to get busy fixin' things. "History viewed through the eyes of people who lived it, with all glamor and patriotism stripped away." Dedicated to "all the women who sacrificed their health, their...