Review: dissappointing
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 06 13, 2014
As wonderful and romantic as this story is, the editing was so poorly done it distracts thoroughly from the book. There was NO plastic in the 17th century, but a slave buries canned goods in a plastic tub. Peerless Wafers did NOT morph into Necco Wafers after the War (Necco Wafers, made in New England prior to the Civil War. COOKBOOKS authored by 1950s Junior League would not be available in the French Market of New Orleans in the 1860s. There's a distinct 21st century mindset in the speech and thoughts of these French Catholics who would have bent over backwards to have important things like weddings and funerals in churches, with masses, even in the Civil War. How they speak, both whites and slaves sounds too 21st century. There's a list of "names for New Orleans", some of which didn't happen till 20th century. A New Orleans son ir daughter would not call their parents Mom and Dad, but Maman or Mother, and Papa or Father.I know it sounds nit picky, but I started keeping track of these, and the list is fairly long. I will not seek out this author again, and will not recommend the book