Sarton Women's Literary Awards Winners

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Winners

	The River by Starlight by Ellen Notbohm (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 440 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards for Historical Fiction (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Upside Down in a Laura Ingalls Town by Leslie Tall Manning (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 197 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards for Young Adult Fiction (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Drop in the Ocean by Jenni Ogden (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 3,801 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards for Contemporary Fiction (Gold) (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Even in Darkness by Barbara Stark-Nemon (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 396 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards for Historical Fiction (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	War Creek by Susan Marsh (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards for Contemporary Fiction (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	So Many Africas: Six Years in a Zambian Village by Jill Kandel (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 444 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards for Memoir (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Xylotheque: Essays by Yelizaveta P. Renfro 4.83 avg rating — 18 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards for Memoir (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leaving Tinkertown (Literature and Medicine Series) by Tanya Ward Goodman (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 110 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards for Memoir (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine by Monica Wood 3.92 avg rating — 7,307 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards for Memoir (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gated Grief: The Daughter of a GI Concentration Camp Liberator Discovers a Legacy of Trauma by Leila Levinson 4.20 avg rating — 64 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards for Memoir (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost Edens - A True Story by Jamie Patterson (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 113 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards for Memoir (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

nominees

	Remembering Shanghai: A Memoir of Socialites, Scholars and Scoundrels by Isabel Sun Chao 4.31 avg rating — 1,232 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards Nominee (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Is How It Begins by Joan Dempsey (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 598 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards Nominee for Contemporary Fiction (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Quiet Fear by Thia Keen (Goodreads Author) 4.87 avg rating — 15 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards Nominee for Contemporary Fiction (Shortlist) (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moonshadows (A Nellie Burns and Moonshine Mystery #1) by Julie Whitesel Weston (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 89 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards Nominee for Historical Fiction (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grendel's Mother: The Saga of the Wyrd-Wife by Susan Signe Morrison (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 146 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards Nominee for Historical Fiction (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Happened Here by Bonnie ZoBell (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 52 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards Nominee for Contemporary Fiction (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stella Rose: A Novel by Tammy Flanders Hetrick (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 175 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards Nominee for Contemporary Fiction (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home by Leah Lax 3.97 avg rating — 1,538 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards Nominee for Memoir (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Haunting of the Mexican Border: A Woman's Journey by Kathryn Ferguson 4.22 avg rating — 40 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards Nominee for Memoir (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	P.O.W.ER by Lisa A. Kramer (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 110 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards Nominee for Contemporary Fiction (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Short Leash: A Memoir of Dog Walking and Deliverance by Janice Gary (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 64 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards Nominee for Memoir (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not the Mother I Remember: A Memoir by Amber Lea Starfire (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 191 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards Nominee for Memoir (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Bushel's Worth: An Ecobiography by Kayann Short (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 33 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards Nominee for Memoir (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hidden Lives: My Three Grandmothers by Carole Garibaldi Rogers (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 23 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards Nominee for Memoir (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	College Girl: A Memoir by Laura Gray-Rosendale (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 141 ratings Sarton Women's Literary Awards Nominee for Memoir (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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