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Decent historical fiction truly conveying a sense of the place and time, but Barton gets too bogged down in gin making and bridge building. The story also requires much suspension of disbelief about what the main character was capable of doing.
This is a slow reading book but I must say I ended up liking it very much. I'm also not so sure I am on board with the confusion on Pearl's underlying ability to have done what she is assumed to have done. I was not nearly so disturbed by the family dynamics as were some -- I kept myself in the time-frame of the story and thought it fit the period -- just me? -- which I think helped my appreciation of the book overall.
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A trip through the sensibility of an 18th century Brooklyn businesswomen. Interesting for what it is although I never really warmed to it.
Oct 16, 2011
Sara
marked it as to-read
Dec 26, 2016
Robert
marked it as to-read
