I am a huge fan of WWI and WWII era books and this one did not disappoint. Great character development. Well paced, I wanted to keep on reading and reading. I will be looking forward to future books from Jillian Cantor.
The Hours Count, Jillian CantorAfter WWII, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were arrested for spying, tried, convicted of stealing secrets enabling Russia to obtain an atomic weapon, and summarily executed. Were they guilty? David Greenglass, Ethel’s brother, implicated Julius after his own arrest. His ow...
This would be a great book to read on a winter’s day wrapped up in a blanket, just letting yourself travel inside the pages of this novel. The story began with a single letter and it developed into a full-blown novel, leading me down paths that I wasn’t prepared for. It wasn’t a jaunting journey; it...
The Hours Count by Jillian Cantor sets up to tell the history of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg through the eyes of a fictional neighbor, Mildred “Millie” Stein. The fiction story really takes over the history in this book. This is Millie's story – of marriage, motherhood, and friendship. Her story - no...
This is an intriguing fictional account of a young mother who befriends Ethel Rosenberg. I felt it to be quite an original way of portraying Ethel as a loving wife and mother and gave a new insight into the lives of both Ethel and her husband, Julius. The neighbor, Millie, and her family are comple...
I became a fan of Jillian Cantor's work with her brilliant "Margot," so I leaped at the chance to read and review "The Hours Count." The title comes from a letter written by Pablo Picasso about Ethel and Julius Rosenberg's then-pending executions. The plot involves Mildred Stein, who lives in the sa...
In order for me to enjoy a book, I need to like the narrator. I need my main character to be, if not likable, at least possible to sympathize with. I need them to give me a reason to care. I need them to fight for what they want, and if they can’t or won’t, I need a dang good reason why. Most import...
Bribery, indictment and disbarment, these three words seeped into the Levenworths household and changed the couple to Jen and Will overnight. It seems that being known by the last name is reserved for people in higher status or at least that is what Jen feels. The couple was living a glamorous lif...
It’s all they ever needed, their life was so simple but something was pulling River. Sky and River, I was jealous of their lifestyle, alone on Island, going about their daily tasks just looking out for each and making do with what they had. For fourteen years, they knew no different, and the earth p...
A copy of this novel was provided by Bloomsbury Australia in exchange an honest review. This book made me very passionate. For some very not-so-great reasons. So the main premise of Searching for Sky is that Sky and River have lived on a deserted island their whole life, and then are found my mo...
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