Helpful Score: 3
I still think about this book from time to time, as that's how good it was. Ingrid Hill skillfully weaves together the stories of Ursula's very disparate ancestors who faced difficulties and challenges with courage, humor and sometimes sheer luck.
Helpful Score: 3
2 year old Ursula Wong falls through an abandoned mine shaft while on a picnic with her parents. The plot throughout the rest of this novel is mesmerizing. Ursula's parents' family trees are traced backward, taking the reader on a journey through many countries in different centuries, through good marriages and bad. It is an excellent book, and one I highly recommend.
Helpful Score: 2
I enjoyed this book. It was not a "quick" read, but well worth getting into.
Helpful Score: 2
This was very slow reading. It's a complicated book.
Helpful Score: 1
A very good read. Ambitious book.
