Susan_B1

This is the first book that I have read from this author. Her writing style is lovely. I didn't love that the chapters were out of chronological order.

The book starts out with an unsettling of the sister's grandfather and his assisted suicide. There are other characters with equally sad experiences in their lives. The core of the book is centered around the sisters and their friendships.

This being I don't think I've ever read a story of this type. I look forward the the author's next book.

I did not know anything about this person in our American history until I read this book. It is written more in a nonfiction style. The details sometimes get very detailed but it makes me want to read more about the family and her life in our country's history. She definitely deserves more discussion in the history of our nation's beginnings.

Next on the TBR pile is " My Dear Hamilton: a novel of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton"by Stephanie Dray. I loved her book on Frances Perkins: "Becoming Madam Secretary ".

When I first started the book, I didn't think it was the usual historical novel. But it did hold my interest until the end. I'm really glad I didn't live in the era that the characters in the book did. How women were held back was very frustrating to me.

I really don't think Evelyn's parents were considering her in any of their decisions. although her mother's finally comes around in the end, it doesn't feel right that she had a change of heart. The romance part of the book is frustrating with missed opportunities and assumptions about the other person. I think both Evelyn and her mother should write the father out of their lives.

I know the book isn't suppose to be about the problem and addiction of gambling, but it does show how that personality type very often cannot quit it. The real hero is Mr. Morton when he leaves the bookstore to his nephew and also Evelyn for sending William's manuscript to a publisher. The end felt like a Hallmark movie.