by Tracy Chevalier
Honor Bright comes to America to accompany her sister to her wedding. Although her own ocean crossing is horrific in terms of seasickness, it is her sister who succumbs to illness and does not make it to their final destination. Being a young, sheltered Quaker woman in 1850’s Ohio Honor finds ther...
I've read a few of this author's books, and this was the first one since Girl With the Pearl Earring that really grabbed me. It was well-researched without feeling like a lecture, striking a good balance between fact and fiction. The things that Honor noticed about her new surroundings were realist...
Read my full review @ http://bit.ly/VKMcYJMy opinion: I became a stalker fan of Tracy Chevalier after reading her novel Remarkable Creatures. I started the novel at 10pm as something to read before going to bed and ended up not falling asleep until 2am AFTER I finished the book. The characters and s...
Review first posted on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-last-runaway.htmlHonor Bright is a young Quaker girl from England who accompanies her sister Grace to the United States in the nineteenth century. She emigrates not as much to come to the US but rather to get away fro...
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