Alice+MacGougan

**AUTHOR:** Diana Gabaldon

**TITLE:** Outlander

**PUBLICATION DATE:** 1991

**NUMBER OF PAGES:** 627

**GENRE:** Paranormal Romance

**PLOT SUMMARY**: Upon being reunited after World War II, Claire Randall and her husband take a vacation in the Scottish Highlands to reestablish their relationship. On a solo trip to pick plant specimens, Claire steps into an ancient circle of standing stones and is transported back in time to 1743, where she meets a large and strikingly handsome Scotsman named Jamie Fraser. Claire discovers to her surprise that her new environment suits her, as do the attentions of the young Scot. She is forced to make a decision between her two vastly different worlds.

**SUBJECT HEADINGS:** Paranormal romance, Jacobite Scotland, Epic saga, Historical fiction, Time travel, Escapist reading

**APPEAL:** Absorbing, well-constructed characters, exciting romance, fantastic historical detail

**SIMILAR AUTHORS:** Sarah Donati, Barbara Erskine, Philippa Gregory

**AUTHOR**: Lewis Grassic Gibbon (Pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell)

**TITLE**: Sunset Song

**BRIEF SUMMARY:** A gorgeously written, lyrical, and powerful novel about a young Scottish woman in Northeastern Scotland, readers are immersed in early twentieth century rural Scotland’s rich world of language and convention. It is a book to savour deeply and share with close friends. **AUTHOR** : Diana Gabaldon

**TITLE** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: Outlander

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**PUBLICATION DATE** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: 1991

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**NUMBER OF PAGES** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: 627

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**GENRE** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: Paranormal Romance

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**PLOT SUMMARY** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: Upon being reunited after World War II, Claire Randall and her husband take a vacation in the Scottish Highlands to reestablish their relationship. On a solo trip to pick plant specimens, Claire steps into an ancient circle of standing stones and is transported back in time to 1743, where she meets a large and strikingly handsome Scotsman named Jamie Fraser. Claire discovers to her surprise that her new environment suits her, as do the attentions of the young Scot. She is forced to make a decision between her two vastly different worlds.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**SUBJECT HEADINGS** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: Paranormal romance, Jacobite Scotland, Epic saga, Historical fiction, Time travel, Escapist reading

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**APPEAL** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: Absorbing, well-constructed characters, exciting romance, fantastic historical detail

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**SIMILAR AUTHORS** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: Sarah Donati, Barbara Erskine, Philippa Gregory

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**AUTHOR:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lewis Grassic Gibbon (Pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **TITLE:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Sunset Song//

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **BRIEF SUMMARY:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A gorgeously written, lyrical, and powerful novel about a young Scottish woman in Northeastern Scotland, readers are immersed in early twentieth century rural Scotland’s rich world of language and convention. It is a book to savour deeply and share with close friends.