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• While not the author’s best book – the writing, the storyline and the characters draw you into the book and easily finished the book in two nights.
• Very good evocation of the time and place – 1850s Ohio just before and when the Fugitive Slave Act was passed and rapidly implemented.
• Good job on the question of what do law abiding citizens do when faced with a moral dilemma that questions their beliefs yet the reality and what is practical has to be taken into consideration.
• Honor was sometim ...more
• Very good evocation of the time and place – 1850s Ohio just before and when the Fugitive Slave Act was passed and rapidly implemented.
• Good job on the question of what do law abiding citizens do when faced with a moral dilemma that questions their beliefs yet the reality and what is practical has to be taken into consideration.
• Honor was sometim ...more
Not in a class with Girl with the Pearl Earring, this one has a YA feel to it in that there is no ambiguity in what the author is trying to impart.
I really liked the character if Belle Mills--she stood up for what she believed in and life was not so gray for her...you just do what is right to help people and do away with evil. I was glad to see Honor grow in independence and interdependence.
I found it quite interesting how Ohio had played a role in the Underground Railroad as I really only think of it in modern times and not how it developed. It also made me think of the Little House on the Prairie series for the settlers, but with an ove ...more
I found it quite interesting how Ohio had played a role in the Underground Railroad as I really only think of it in modern times and not how it developed. It also made me think of the Little House on the Prairie series for the settlers, but with an ove ...more
Tracy Chevalier has been one of my favourite authors for years. I initially read Girl With a Pearl Earring when it was first published in 1999 and with one or two exceptions I have read my way through her entire canon.
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I really liked the character of Honor Bright. I enjoyed that quilts played an important part in her life and how her ideas for quilts changed as she changed. I also liked the character of Belle Mills. And I enjoyed learned a bit about the Quakers. I just wish the had been a bit more about the underground railroad. All in all it was a pleasant read.
3.5 stars.
Nov 30, 2012
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