Review: Such a great book to bring in the New Year!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 27, 2014
I love an historical novel and this book is pure delight from start to finish!The book is brought to us from the 1800's (Who doesn't love a good 1800's story?) and makes us fall in love with Wakefield clan (well .. most of them) right from the start. They are poor as poor can be in a hard time as the book opens and what they evolve to be is staggering.This is such a great story about how industry displaced so many who were barely making enough to eat to start with .. it's also a great story about the values we hold at different stages of our lives. We get to see how wealth can either change a person for the better or the worse.Chris Pearce has obviously researched very well this book as the period is very well written. He's able to bring us to that time and show us what it must have really felt like in this situations and realities. I love when an author is able to do that in a way the feels genuine and not at all contrived.Looking forward to more from this very talented author.