Posts mostly about swing era novels, modern novels set in the era, biographies and how-to books. If you have a book you’d like The Girl in the Jitterbug Dress to review please contact her at: https://www.girlinthejitterbugdress.com/about-tam-francis/contact-tam/
Mexican Gothic vintage book review by Tam Francis The Synopsis Mexican Gothic Del Rey Publishing (June 30, 2020) by Silvia Moreno-Garcia fits into a 1950s Gothic style horror mystery with hints of Historical Fiction and romance set a small villiage in Mexico. Receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin, Noemí embarks on a journey […more…]
Texas Jailhouse Music: vintage book review by Tam Francis The Synopsis Texas Jailhouse Music, The History Press (May 2, 2016) by Carolilne Gnagy is a lovely Texas-sized non-fiction that brings to light an almost lost history of iconic Texas music and the players behind bars who contributed to it. For a brief moment in Texas […more…]
Last Dance on the Starlight Pier vintage book review by Tam Francis The Synopsis Last Dance on the Starlight Pier St. Martin Press (April, 2022) by Sara Bird is a lovely Texas-sized historical fiction that spotlights marathan dances of the great depression era. Amidst the tumultuous era of the Great Depression, Sarah Bird’s Last Dance […more…]
Three New Audio Books (Finally, right?) Folks have been asking about audio books and I tried creating books through Amazon’s ACX for Audible, but the talent I was working with disappeared in the middle of production and yours truly can only afford to do the royalty split production path for audio books at this time. […more…]
Texas Jazz Singer Louise Tobin in the Golden Age of Swing and Beyond a book review by Tam Francis The Synopsis Texas Jazz Singer Louise Tobin in the Golden Age of Swing and Beyond (Texas A&M Press May, 2021) by Kevin Edward Mooney is a biography of Texas jazz singer Louise Tobin as part of […more…]
I’ve had my book club for over ten years now and we’ve done some great reads with amazing food & cocktails. This night discussing Becoming Duchess Goldblatt was quite special, so I wanted to share. Firstly, you can’t have a lively book discussion without interesting and thoughtful questions. Since I was the host, it was […more…]
The Girl in the Jitterbug Dress Dances in the Dark The novel is finally available in paperback and ebook. I had wanted to do a much bigger event, but since things really aren’t turning a corner yet with the Covid-19 pandemic, and I’ve had so many requests, I finally, let the novel go into the […more…]
In the Realm of Ash and Sorrow a book review by Tam Francis The Synopsis In the Realm of Ash and Sorrow (Eiledon Publishing (August 1, 2020) by Kenneth W. Harmon is a 1940s Historical Fiction set in the doomed city of Hiroshima. When bombardier Micah Lund dies on a mission over Hiroshima, his spirit […more…]