Review: A fascinating read of then and now
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 12, 2013
I have to say this was an unexpected surprise but a really good one. It was such an interesting premise and well executed. You get to experience two time periods in this book – today and back in the 1930′s. In the current day, a woman, Liz, is trying to figure out her own life and discover what really happened in 1930 when Al Capone stayed at this little out of the way hotel. As she is digging up information she discovers so much more about what happened back then. You get to go back in time to meet two unlikely young friends (Zeke and Jack) for the times and an eighteen year old girl (Meg). You get to see and experience life in the ’30′s through their eyes. You will feel like you’re there.I loved this story. I loved reading about the kids in the 1930′s and all that they were dealing with – the racism, the kkk, their daily lives, the hard work and just trying to survive. I also loved coming back to now and reading about the different, drastically different, issues that Liz was dealing with in today’s time. It is a story about discovering oneself, friendship, the difference of how things were handled in the 30′s versus now, life vs death and what that means in relation to the time periods. This story will keep you reading, it is so interesting. Jack and Zeke are such loveable characters – you just want to mother them, I loved their adventurous nature however it did get them into things they couldn’t get out of. Meg and Liz, were of different times but in some ways struggling with some similar issues. The characters were so well done that I latched onto them and wanted to know where their journey was going to end up. It’s a fascinating read. The way the author wrote this story made it so easy to get a visual of the characters, the setting and just life in general – you could feel yourself in the ’30′s, living what they were living and you could feel yourself in the present time, living what Liz was living. I highly recommend it.I was given a copy as part of a book tour.