Review: Totally Absorbing
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 16, 2013
The story starts in 1662 with Patience and Cale Morley and their meager supply of food and continues with their descendents in increments of 11-29 year spans until the present. Each  new date brings us into the November kitchen of the Morley women and in short stories we are drawn into the lives of the Morley family.  Family members are not always honorable but they are survivors.  The women have made many sacrifices as well as the Morley men.  The homestead has undergone many changes by each generation but the kitchen remains the domain of the Morley women.I found this novel to be well written and totally absorbing.  Ms Cooney vividly creates each era and setting and has us understanding the nuances of family interaction  throughout the many changes in circumstances.  It was interesting that she chose to make many of the women single mothers in times when this would have been scandalous but they didn't seem to be scadalized.I enjoyed this book and recommend it as a good read during this holiday time.  It gives an overview of  American Thanksgiving history through the lives of ordinary citizens in a realistic and compassionate way.