Review: Amazing story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 13, 2014
Bought this story yesterday and just finished it. I have never read this author before. It is basically about a woman who becomes a wet nurse for a man's baby whose wife just died. The man, Jackson, wants to save his son and the baby is only a couple of days old. Hattie goes to live with Jackson and take care of his son. She has been raped and her baby died. Her father has also been killed. The town people chose to believe that she is a bad woman and so have shunned her. The author does an amazing job of describing life in detail on what it would have been like to live in those times. The main characters, Jackson and Hattie, are survivors despite having to survive some difficult things. Hattie is a hard worker and takes good care of baby J D who is so cute in this story. Just the details of how she had to change the baby's diapers because they didn't have leak proof disposable diapers is interesting. I think that the author must have done quite a bit of research into the history and life of that time period which is Texas 1870s. I would recommend this book to someone who likes a good historical romance but also likes to see characters who overcome their situation and become better for it. The interaction between the characters is interesting. Not everyone at the farm embraces Hattie and treats her right. It is realistic because these are real human beings who have ups and downs and yet learn and grow together. There is also suspense and some mystery to the story.