Passing along a "what was that book" request from my professor:

Question for you all: about two weeks ago I was listening to a book review on NPR. The book is historical fiction, set in London in the early twentienth century, focused on two women, one the maid (or housekeeper) for the other. It also features the suffrage movement. But I can't remember the author or title. any ideas?

Could she mean the first Maisie Dobbs book? Maisie grows up in service to a wealthy woman, if I recall right, who then gives her an education. It's a mystery series, though.

Actually, forget that -- if they were reviewing it, it's something new, I would imagine, and the Maisie Dobbs books aren't.

It sounds like Frances Osborne's "Park Lane".

I just scanned [link] but didn't see anything likely.

I am pretty sure it's the book I mentioned. I remember the interview.

Yup, that's the one! Thank you! It was on Diane Rhem. [link]

You're welcome!

Laura Ingalls Wilder's autobiography Pioneer Girl is going to be published.

And a nice slide show of an abandoned Walmart in Texas that has been converted into a library.

My niece liked A Brief History of Montmaray, although she didn't love it. I'm just pleased because she's not so much a historical fiction person.