by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Like it happened to me with the two previous novels by this author, this book happened to me also. As in, there I was reading, and the gorgeous writing caught me and carried me through the pages. The starting issue is difficult to read and heartbreaking. Mixing of cultures, a despicable man and a ...
The best part of this book was the story of a smart and determined young woman who travels overseas to rescue her sister from the husband who broke her spirit with deliberate, methodical cruelty. The best (and most surprising) writing in this book is the examination of his cruelty and exposure of th...
I ended up loving this book SO MUCH! The heroine, Bettina Vanderpoel, is fresh and dynamic. Heiress to an American fortune made in commerce, she is everything new world, a breath of fresh air, as breezy and brisk as a stiff breeze off the ocean. The story begins with her sister, the pretty, girlis...
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