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Martha Hall Kelly

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in Milton, Massachusetts, The United States

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Fiction, Historical Fiction, Suspense

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Martha is still pinching herself after her debut novel LILAC GIRLS, about socialite Caroline Ferriday and her fight to help a group of concentration camp survivors, became an Instant NY Times bestseller in 2016 and went on to sell over two million copies. Once the paperback stayed on the NYT list for 54 weeks, and became published in fifty countries she wrote two more novels: LOST ROSES about Caroline's mother, and SUNFLOWER SISTERS about her great grandmother, which also became Instant NY Times bestsellers. Her latest novel, THE GOLDEN DOVES, which returns to WWII, arrives in bookstores April 18th, 2023. Martha grew up in Massachusetts and now splits her time between Connecticut and New York City. You'll find more info about the incredible ...more

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Average rating: 4.25 · 413,487 ratings · 33,426 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lilac Girls (Lilac Girls, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 312,508 ratings — published 2016 — 98 editions	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 Roses (Lilac Girls, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 55,235 ratings — published 2019 — 55 editions	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
	Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 27,594 ratings — published 2021 — 36 editions	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 Golden Doves 4.18 avg rating — 14,597 ratings — published 2023 — 21 editions	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
	Naomi's Gift (A Point in Time, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 3,445 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	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 Munich Cowboys Cheerleaders by Martha Hall Kelly (Goodreads Author), Kathy Murray, Joniece Abbott-Pratt (Narrator) 3.69 avg rating — 121 ratings — 4 editions	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
	Woolsey-Ferriday 3 Book Set by Martha Hall Kelly: Sunflower Sisters, Lost Roses, Lilac Girls 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	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 Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 6 editions	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
	Pack El poder de las mujeres para cambiar la historia 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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THE MARTHA’S VINEYARD BEACH AND BOOK CLUB IS ON THE WAY, INSPIRED BY MY MOTHER’S STORIES OF GROWING UP ON THE VINEYARD

I’m so excited to share my new novel, coming spring of 2025, The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club, which was inspired by my mother Joanne Finnegan Hall’s stories of growing up on the Vineyard during WWII.

The story in a nutshell: Mari Starwood arrives on Martha’s Vineyard from Los Angeles after her mother dies. Having found the address of famous painter Elizabeth Devereaux’s waterfront far

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Martha Kelly made a comment on THE MARTHA’S VINEYARD BEACH AND BOOK CLUB IS ON THE WAY, INSPIRED BY MY MOTHER’S STORIES OF GROWING UP ON THE VINEYARD " So excited to share it, MaryBeth! "
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Martha Kelly made a comment on Irene Zisblatt Survived Auschwitz to Tell Her Incredible Story " Isn’t she amazing? So inspiring. "
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Martha Kelly answered 905_schrama's question: I loved your newest book "The Golden Doves". It was very hard to put down. I finished it in 3 days. Will there will a follow up book to this one for the end of the book, to me, leaves us with a cliffhanger? I’m so glad you enjoyed The Golden Doves! I would love that but it’s up to the publisher! 😊
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The Golden Doves is here! This was a fascinating book to write since I finally got to include so many things that I found when researching my first novel Lilac Girls and wanted to explore further: the thousands of Nazis who escaped justice on the “Ra ...more
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Martha Kelly and 1 other person liked Lyndi (mibookobsession)'s review of The Golden Doves: "Based on true events this story centers around two women who gather Nazi secrets for the French resistance. Josie and Arlette are part of the Golden Doves hunted by the Gestapo, and are eventually arrested and sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp, " Read more of this review »
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Martha Kelly and 2 other people liked Addie Yoder's review of The Golden Doves: "I started this book and was instantly pulled into the story. I love a historical fiction that leads me straight to google AND one that makes me want to flip through an author's backlist to look for characters I already know. The Golden Doves did both" Read more of this review »
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Martha Kelly and 12 other people liked Judy Collins's review of The Golden Doves: "Inspired by actual events, Martha Hall Kelly's latest, THE GOLDEN DOVES —is a riveting story of two former female spies, bound together by their past, as they risk everything to hunt down a Nazi doctor in the aftermath of WWII. Meticulously researche" Read more of this review »
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Martha Kelly is now following Suzanne (The Bookish Libra), Nilufer Ozmekik, and Kathleen Ryder
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“Somewhere in a corner of our hearts, we are always twenty,” I said. How”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

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“After that, we were like flies stuck in honey, alive but not really living.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

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“retrouvailles, another one of those words that do not translate into English, which means “the happiness of meeting someone you love again after a long time.”
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“The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.”
― Alan Bennett, The History Boys

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“History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells, 'Can't you remember anything I told you?' and lets fly with a club.”
― John W. Campbell Jr.

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“We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

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“Though [Abraham Lincoln] never would travel to Europe, he went with Shakespeare’s kings to Merry England; he went with Lord Byron poetry to Spain and Portugal. Literature allowed him to transcend his surroundings.”
― Doris Kearns Goodwin

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“If she could have done one thing to make absolutely sure that every single person in this school will read your interview, it was banning it!”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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