Helpful Score: 13
Oh my! This book was good. Sorry, my copy is going into my permanent collection, but I loved the book so much I wanted to write a review.
This is the very personal story of two women, sisters who love each other dearly despite the fact that their personalities are opposite of each other. They are separated when one is forced to move to colonial America and marry a man she has never met. 2 years later the younger sister also comes to America only to find her older sister dead of childbed fever - or at least that's what her brother-in-law tells her. But is he telling the truth? And where does she go from there - totally alone now in a new country? The rest of the story and the mystery unfolds from there - and I won't spoil it for you.
Unlike some historical fiction novels, this one isn't bogged down in historical details. To be sure, the author did her research, but the historical setting seems totally natural. The details there are in the story are there to make it real. And, despite the fact that neither sister is a stereotypical "woman of the time", it does seem very real. I loved this book.
This is the very personal story of two women, sisters who love each other dearly despite the fact that their personalities are opposite of each other. They are separated when one is forced to move to colonial America and marry a man she has never met. 2 years later the younger sister also comes to America only to find her older sister dead of childbed fever - or at least that's what her brother-in-law tells her. But is he telling the truth? And where does she go from there - totally alone now in a new country? The rest of the story and the mystery unfolds from there - and I won't spoil it for you.
Unlike some historical fiction novels, this one isn't bogged down in historical details. To be sure, the author did her research, but the historical setting seems totally natural. The details there are in the story are there to make it real. And, despite the fact that neither sister is a stereotypical "woman of the time", it does seem very real. I loved this book.
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