Review: Overcoming Pre-judgements
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 23, 2011
Bravo to Ms. Bancroft. The story is a well written tribute to overcoming ingrained prejudices against others and learning to make choices based on observation and fact. Once she gave herself time to accumulate the facts Aurelia Trevor allowed herself to acknowledge the feelings she had for husband. Her husband Thomas was, according to the rules of the ton and everything she believed in, a most improper choice. He was a Cit, a rather vulgar British name used in the same context as the vulgar names Americans use for each other. All that aside, Aurelia needed a dragon slayer and Thomas fit the bill. The author puts them through a series of situations where they each learn about the other's character. Each are always amazed that their ingrained beliefs regarding 'those people' were incorrect and each found themselves drawn to the other. This book is well worth the read. It reminds us to take a look under the polished veneer, usually dulled by our own prejudices, of each person we meet. More times than not what we see is what we get. Occasionally though, there will be the one in a million we wouldn't have missed for the world.