A Tale of Two Women I enjoy historical fiction but have a restricted range, preferring British Tudor and Medieval settings or, as in this case, the antebellum Southern States.The Wedding Gift is set in Alabama and the focus is on two women who come from very different social classes but who share a common bond of powerlessness when faced with domineering men. Sarah is a half-white slave, the off-spring of Emmeline, a house slave, and the boorish plantation owner. Theodora is the plantation owner’s…
Disappointing I was really looking forward to this book after reading about it in Stylist magazine. Although it tells a good tale for about 80% of it, the ending was unsatisfying, and actually bizarrely done, now that I think about it. Almost as if the author wanted to throw in an 11th hour twist to shock the reader, but it just came across as disconnected.However, my biggest issue is the lack of emotion throughout. Some parts that could have been really emotive were described blandly through dialogue,…
Couldn’t put this book down, a real page turner, the characters are so well drawn. Can’t believe how badly slaves were treated back in those days. Hard to believe that the negro situation in the US is not too far away from the 19 century even today.
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A Tale of Two Women I enjoy historical fiction but have a restricted range, preferring British Tudor and Medieval settings or, as in this case, the antebellum Southern States.The Wedding Gift is set in Alabama and the focus is on two women who come from very different social classes but who share a common bond of powerlessness when faced with domineering men. Sarah is a half-white slave, the off-spring of Emmeline, a house slave, and the boorish plantation owner. Theodora is the plantation owner’s…
Disappointing I was really looking forward to this book after reading about it in Stylist magazine. Although it tells a good tale for about 80% of it, the ending was unsatisfying, and actually bizarrely done, now that I think about it. Almost as if the author wanted to throw in an 11th hour twist to shock the reader, but it just came across as disconnected.However, my biggest issue is the lack of emotion throughout. Some parts that could have been really emotive were described blandly through dialogue,…
Couldn’t put this book down, a real page turner, the characters are so well drawn. Can’t believe how badly slaves were treated back in those days. Hard to believe that the negro situation in the US is not too far away from the 19 century even today.