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I have only recently discovered Alice Hoffman and the few books I have read by her have been wonderful. I must admit that it was the cover of Blackbird House that first drew my attention but it was the collection of twelve interwoven short stories kept my attention. The first story is set on Cape Cod on a small farm in the early 1700's and the last story is set in present time. As soon as I finished one story, I quickly started looking for the clues as to the time period and the connection of th
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This one was a gem. Alice Hoffman is hit or miss for me, but I have most of her books on my reading radar. But I don't usually get around to them unless I've got nothing else. Today I had nothing else, and Blackbird House was available on audio. It's a story right up my alley, spanning from the Revolutionary War to the modern days, vignettes of lives and loves of people living in a farmhouse - sometimes habitable most times not - called "Blackbird House". A sailor built the house, and then was l
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BLACKBIRD HOUSE - by Alice Hoffman
In the 1770s John Hadley & his wife Coral and their two sons had lived in a hollow away from the beach in CapeCod, MA. John made his living as a sailor and used his earnings to purchase an area to set down roots for his family. The younger son came upon a blackbird that was injured and nursed it back to health. He took the blackbird with him on his voyage. Then in May he took his sons with him to sail leaving Coral behind to tend the garden of sweet peas and tur ...more
In the 1770s John Hadley & his wife Coral and their two sons had lived in a hollow away from the beach in CapeCod, MA. John made his living as a sailor and used his earnings to purchase an area to set down roots for his family. The younger son came upon a blackbird that was injured and nursed it back to health. He took the blackbird with him on his voyage. Then in May he took his sons with him to sail leaving Coral behind to tend the garden of sweet peas and tur ...more
Mar 26, 2018
Lindsey
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it was ok
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historical-fiction
Well, that was a bit different. Each chapter was a very brief short story about different inhabitants of a farm in Cape Cod through the years (from the colonial times to modern day). Because each character had such a short time before the story jumped to the next one, I really didn't feel a connection with anyone in this book. The imagery was well-written though.
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3.25 stars
Apr 14, 2014
Theresa
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Kate
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