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I am besotted with this book, completely smitten! Janet (Joan) is a girl after my own heart. In fact, if anyone ever asks the question, "If you were a character in a book, which character would you be" I now have my answer. (It's good to prepare yourself for questions like these. You never know when they'll sneak up on you.) I was giggling like a schoolgirl through most of the book not necessarily because it was a comedic book, but because it tickled me to hear her think, say, and do things that
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Tired of her life as an unpaid drudge to a terrible father and three distant brothers, fourteen year-old Joan leaves home to find work as a hired girl, deciding that even if she worked as hard as she did on the farm, at least she would be paid for it. She envisions her life as expanding from there, being able to pursue the education her father refused her, and making something of her life. Set in 1911, the author does an admirable job of capturing the spirit, voice, and essence of Joan, and the
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This was a great historical fiction of a hired girl in Baltimore in 1911. It is written in a diary-style of entries.
I felt the characters were well developed and flawed perfectly.
The story was well researched and well developed: very interesting and insightful into the time.
Not an adventure novel, but great themes about prejudice, opportunity, and family.
I felt the characters were well developed and flawed perfectly.
The story was well researched and well developed: very interesting and insightful into the time.
Not an adventure novel, but great themes about prejudice, opportunity, and family.
I loved this book. and then at the end I'm not entirely sure.
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