false 1910828 female The United States 01/2009 12/2009 7385 Chaim Potok 24655 Sharon Kay Penman 6492 Francine Rivers 10 267 228 true 5803576 read 5 true 4183661 currently-reading 34 true 4183660 to-read 1 false 7190706 plantagenets Through a Glass Darkly (Paperback) by Karleen Koen]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82026313 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170968318s/79484.jpg 1910828 Heidi http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1910828-heidi Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:46:08 -0800 Forever Amber (Paperback) by Kathleen Winsor]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82026261 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165519097s/5368.jpg 1910828 Heidi http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1910828-heidi Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:45:11 -0800 Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood (Hardcover) by Susan Linn]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79428405 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175539162s/525490.jpg 1910828 Heidi http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1910828-heidi Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:21:44 -0800 The Case For Make-Believe: Saving Play in Our Commercialized World (Hardcover) by Susan Linn]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79428286 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KoqK4KnXL._SL75_.jpg 1910828 Heidi http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1910828-heidi Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:20:32 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/26166-which-book-would-you-like-to-read-for-our-january-1-february-1-history http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg 1910828 Heidi http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1910828-heidi Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:22:10 -0800 The Art and Craft of Writing Historical Fiction: Researching and Writing Historical Fiction (Paperback) by James Alexander Thom]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78257894 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51B-TBb-u%2BL._SL75_.jpg 1910828 Heidi http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1910828-heidi Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:49:45 -0800 Yorkshire Molly (Harlot's Progress) by Peter Mottley]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78256966 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41L9LcXEA1L._SL75_.jpg 1910828 Heidi http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1910828-heidi Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:40:56 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16542171 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165613865s/7445.jpg 1910828 Heidi http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1910828-heidi Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:02:07 -0800 And I really liked that the author left all of her emotion out of it. Clearly things like this have no need to show that there was lots of anger and resentment behind their actions, especially her siblings, but it seemed the author did a lot of hero worship of her parents (esp. her father), so she probably was not as traumatized by everything and horrified by everything as others (such as her siblings) and as you or I would have been. And as the author is older, you can feel her getting more and more frustrated with her situation as she has realized that the way they are living is not some magical adventure that her parents had brainwashed them into believing it was. I think she did a great job of portraying all the emotions without going overboard and making it dark and depressing, but more real - because she didn't indulge herself in those emotions while writing. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51158933 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165613865s/7445.jpg 1910828 Heidi http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1910828-heidi Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:44:36 -0800