by Anita Diamant
An okay read, and with enough interest to keep you going in the rather flabby middle. Still the character of Judy Rhines just about held it together, though she's not on the page as often as I would like. Every now and again, the writing is strangely rather amateur, with different points of view i...
I really enjoyed this story about the last inhabitants of an early 1800's town in New England that is losing residents at at fast pace. Diamant appropriately introduces them all at the wake of one of the residents. There is a mystery associated with his death, but it is not the dominant theme of the...
I was excited to read this as I loved The Red Tent. Also, the book takes place in cape Ann in the 1800's. It was okay but the writing was not notable. Personally, i don't really enjoy books that span a person's entire life. I like to be able to imagine what happens after the story ends. Here, Diaman...
You fall in love with the people, or at least some of them. You care for them as true friends, and for that reason alone I have given this book 5 stars. The book portrays life in a dying village in Massachusetts in the 1800s. Life is hard. The characters roll with the punches. Some are sour and some...
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