1929 (Jonathan's Cross)
by:
M.L. Gardner (author)
ASIN: B004VTHSOC
Edition language: English
Series: The 1929 Series (#1)
At this writing, there are 637 reviews on Amazon. I don't know how much more I could add but I will give it a brief attempt. My comment about so many reviews is that I cannot fathom how 11 reviewers could only give this fine book of historical fiction only 1 star. I am delighted to come across thi...
Novel focuses on 3 childhood friends and their wives as they transition from wealthy to poor due to stock market crash. The book uses entirely too much modern dialogue - while the crash was due, in part, to "creative accounting" that was not a term used in 1929. Overall the story dragged on and ju...