Review: Awesome Historical Women's Fiction
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 14, 2014
This is a really well-written book with well-developed characters (largely African American) in the unusual setting of 1950s Utah, when a young woman--fifteen-year-old Beanie--enters a polygamous marriage without consent. Due to the situations that arise in the book, this story is definitely for readers 18 and above.Although not my typical read, this story captured my imagination and pulled me right in to the thick of the drama. You will find that not only Beanie finds a way out of this unhappy marriage but also finds help from the most unlikely person. Readers will come across the divides of race, gender, sexuality, and party politics living life through Beanie and Liddie.The long-distance friendship between the two women spans fourteen years--taking them headlong into the Civil Rights Movement of 1960s America--and takes the reader through thick and thin. A moving story, I highly recommend this book to those interested in historical women's fiction.