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This is a book that I thought was okay while I read it, but appreciated it more after my book club discussion. I thought that there were some great characters, but they weren't all developed to their full potential. I also thought some of the dialogue was unrealistic. It was as if it was a blend of 'old-timey' speak and a more modern dialogue. And many times I thought that there was no way that anyone would utter some of the sentences that they spoke. I was also disappointed that there seemed to
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This is Cincinnati's On The Same Page selection for 2014 and is well worth the read! Forgotten history!
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This is a novel based around an event I'd never heard about: In 1929, Congress authorized funds for mothers whose sons died in France fighting World War I (Gold Star Mothers) to travel to France and visit their sons' graves. Some 7,000 Gold Star Mothers went, and this novel describes the experiences of five of them. These five women were grouped as traveling companions for the journey and while in France. The writing is very flowing and tells the story well. The large and small details related t
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A fantastic pick for our 2014 On The Same Page, community-wide reading program.
