In Jacqueline, author Jackie Minniti tells a story she grew up hearing about the real life Jacqueline Falna, a young girl in war-torn France following the Nazi invasion of her country. Jacqueline’s father is missing in action and believed to be dead. Struggling with her...

One Small Spark by Jackie Minniti starts out with an all-is-well feeling about the Pembroke family. The elder Pembroke is a wealthy Boston merchant in the early 1770s, benefitting from the peaceful and civilized rule of that wonderful English King, George III, and his redcoat...