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10 july 2015 -- maybe 4.5 3.5-stars. what a wonderful, sensitive, evocative novel. i am leading a group read of this book during july, so will hold off on a longer review for now, until our discussions wrap up at the end of the month. but, i will say that i have been in a real run of so-so or 'meh' reads in 2015. to be so engrossed and captivated by a story was such a treat right now. the group chat for the novel has already added nicely to the read.
26 july 2015 -- lowered rating. as time has p ...more
26 july 2015 -- lowered rating. as time has p ...more
This book of class structure and change is told in first person by Bess, the daughter of the man who was the head of the director of the Niagara Power Company. Bess has to drop out of school when her father loses his job. Her mother takes in sewing; her older sister loses her fiance. And behind and around it all is Niagara Falls and the river. It is such a conversational tone that the story creeps up on the reader. Do not read this one in a hurry, but do read it.
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