Helpful Score: 2
This novel of letters written from the beginning of the 20th century to the 1940s tell a powerful story! It will inspire you and stay with you for a very long time. A timeless classic!
Helpful Score: 1
This small book is so beautifully written I hated to finish it. The story is told through personal letters from the fictional Beth Steed Garner from 1899 to 1968. Beth Steed Garner was a woman born to wealth and privilege and was accustomed to all of the pleasures of that life. She had a life as a wife, mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother, successful businesswoman and world traveler. Her most important characteristic however is that of an independent woman who plans her own life and plots her own course. In an age when it was unheard of she demanded a marriage contract based on equality, yet bound her children and family friends to her with chains of love and money. In a 20th century world, many of her most private thoughts were ahead of her time. I loved this book. I envied her the freedom she took for herself, but found I disapproved of the way she usually served her own interest before the interest of those who loved her. A darn good read. Genny Sikes
