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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Right?!?! Oneida - the silverware that was in everyone's kitchen, the company behind all those sweet post-WWII "Back Home for Keeps" ads, the brand on like every bridal registry - started off as a 19th century cult where "romantic exclusivity" aka "sticky love" was forbidden!

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you’re as into history, cults, and forbidden book clubs as I am, you’ll love Melanie Dobson’s THE SISTER SOCIETY (3/30/27), a dual timeline novel about the sex cult (!!) behind the Oneida silverware empire – and the sisterhood that survived it. #ewgc bit.ly/4gUpXNW

Against a blue background, a paperback book titled THE SISTER SOCIETY by Melanie Dobson. Includes text saying "Behind the silverware was a cult. Between the pages they found freedom."

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I really loved what they did with this cover and am looking forward to reading it. We have a book coming in 2027 called SPINSTERS (written by industry insiders, set in the once male-dominated world of PR in 1960s-80s NYC) that I've already started comping to it.

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Elin Hilderbrand + Emily Henry meet Dolly Alderton...but make it Jersey Shore! TODAY Show journalist Francesca Cocchi's nostalgic, swoony debut HAVE A GREAT SUMMER is the perfect, warm, put-a-smile-on-your-face read to exorcise this insane winter from our souls at last! #ewgc tinyurl.com/3wnjm3xa

Book titled HAVE A GREAT SUMMER by Francesca Cocchi against a purple to orange ombre background with the following text: "A sweet, summery ode to the Jersey Shore, early 2000s nostalgia, and the pull of first love…On sale 5.26.26"

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Omggg i am DYING TO READ this one!!!

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Meanwhile even tho #ewgc is being glitchy, if you love a good Prohibition tale, Ozarks setting and/or novels by Jeannette Walls & Sue Monk Kidd, I highly recommend THE MOONSHINE WOMEN by Michelle Collins Anderson, about 3 bootleggin sisters in 1930s Missouri. tinyurl.com/3n79sabu

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Happy #ewgc and THANK YOU so so SO much to everyone who made the marvelous WOMEN OF A PROMISCUOUS NATURE by Donna Everhart a LibraryReads pick! ARCs are available if anyone hasn’t read it yet & please check out/share our gorgeous extended book club kit: bit.ly/PromiscuousB...

Reads "Thank you, Librarians" across the top. LibraryReads Selection January 2026, with image of the book WOMEN OF A PROMISCUOUS NATURE.

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I love this cover so much!

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Oh! I just remembered - if anyone is reading Ellen Marie Wiseman's all-too-timely new release THE LIES THEY TOLD, about eugenics & immigration in 1930s America, we have an excellent extended book club kit. Scan the QR code or go to bit.ly/TheLiesTheyT.... Please share with anyone interested! #ewgc

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Oooooh. We have a dark Wisconsin noir coming out in Feb that sounds like a good comp for this. AWAY TO ME, a debut by Patricia McConnell of all people - the renowned animal behaviorist who wrote THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH. www.edelweiss.plus?sku=14967571...

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Oh Cinnamon! Clearly a very deep thinker!

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

omg be still my obsessive compulsive heart!

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Kate Quinn is one of those magical authors who just never misses!

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I second this Mormon Gothic #ewgc recommendation! The author was raised Mormon and took inspiration from the real experiences of 2 sisters who were married to her 3rd great-grandfather around the time of Utah’s settlement. So chilling and so good!

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Share cat pictures! We need to see this ewgc-synced cat!

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I loooved OUTLAWED (which was surprisingly controversial in by book club due to fights about "worldbuilding") and have been meaning to get to this one. Your recommendation, as always, bumps it up on my TBR!

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Based on real accounts, Cane not only weaves stories of resistance & hope, he also incorporates a queer narrative rarely–if ever–seen in novels about enslaved people in 1800s America. Raw, illuminating & perfect for readers of THE PROPHETS, AMITY, & THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. #ewgc bit.ly/BurnARC

Against dark background, hardcover image of BURN DOWN MASTER'S HOUSE by Clay Cane. Cover shows a plantation house surrounded in flames. Text reads “A resistance story for the ages.”
—Ibram X. Kendi LibraryReads nominations due 12.1.2025

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

If you, like me, believe longer days = darker reads...Jen Sookfong Lee’s THE HUNGER WE PASS DOWN (9/30/25) is a haunting, beautifully written literary horror that explores intergenerational trauma and the dark echoes of Hong Kong’s WWII military brothel, Nam Koo Terrace. #EWGC tinyurl.com/65prc577

Hardcover book titled THE HUNGER WE PASS DOWN with cover that shows a shadowy silhouette of an Asian woman against a pink background. Text is a quote from Kelly Link saying "This is the kind of book that eats your sleep."

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

I’m so excited about Donna Everhart’s novel based on the long-buried history of “The American Plan” that I’m leaking the cover here (shhhh!). If THE HANDMAID’S TALE was a true story that happened in 1930s America, it would be WOMEN OF A PROMISCUOUS NATURE (1/27/26). bit.ly/PromiscuousARC #ewgc

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

By the always-prescient Ellen Marie Wiseman, THE LIES THEY TOLD (7/29/25) is a haunting story about home, survival, immigration, greed & the shocking popularity of the eugenics movement in early 20th century America. Reach out for a print ARC! #ewgc bit.ly/41XExy1

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Ugh I just missed almost all of #ewgc thanks to a meeting that ran long, but I gotta get a last minute plug in for Charlie Donlea’s GUESS AGAIN (6/29/25). Super twisty, Hannibal Lechter-esqe bad guy, and a hybristophilia hook! Print ARCs in about 4 weeks but DRCs are up now! bit.ly/3Fj5GlU

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

WANT! This looks amazing. Also, if you're into unique vampire spins, you should check out BLOOD SLAVES. Woah: www.edelweiss.plus?sku=14967531...

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I am in love with ewgc being on this new platform. Thank you for making it happen!

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Vida @vidalife.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Love the new digs, #EWGC! Also love award-winning journalist Jack Ford’s riveting blend of biographical fiction, Cold War spy thriller & alt history as he reimagines era-defining female correspondent Lee Carson in BEYOND THIS PLACE OF WRATH AND TEARS (5/27/25). bit.ly/FordBeyondTh...

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