Just finished this one tonight - another free (at the time, currently $2.99) download from my Pixel of Ink newsletter.
The story is definitely a change of pace from the normal zombie apocalypse, murder mysteries, tales of the supernatural I can typically be found reading. The setting is Savannah in the late 1940s with the primary character a 16-year-old girl who had moved with her parents (who possessed rather radical ideas for that time - her father is a history professor with bold ideas, especially for someone newly transplanted in the deep South) from Massachusetts.
The story is actually told in first person - the teenager (May). For the most part, there is nothing extraordinary about it. However, it really wasn't a bad read. The one year covered in the book predates the civil rights, but that does tie into the book...although nearly as an afterthought, just one small part of May's life. Another side story are the love letters and diaries she finds in the house belong to the former (now deceased) resident and they eventually tie into someone May has grown close to. Teen pregnancy, sexual abuse, and abortion (of the illegal variety...remember, it was the last 40s) also have small roles in the story.
Again...not a bad read, a nice change from the norm for me. I didn't find it difficult to follow, not too many misses in editing (which I see too frequently with eBooks), despite no big plot twists, suspense, etc., it wasn't what I would call boring. I would recommend it to others.
The story is definitely a change of pace from the normal zombie apocalypse, murder mysteries, tales of the supernatural I can typically be found reading. The setting is Savannah in the late 1940s with the primary character a 16-year-old girl who had moved with her parents (who possessed rather radical ideas for that time - her father is a history professor with bold ideas, especially for someone newly transplanted in the deep South) from Massachusetts.
The story is actually told in first person - the teenager (May). For the most part, there is nothing extraordinary about it. However, it really wasn't a bad read. The one year covered in the book predates the civil rights, but that does tie into the book...although nearly as an afterthought, just one small part of May's life. Another side story are the love letters and diaries she finds in the house belong to the former (now deceased) resident and they eventually tie into someone May has grown close to. Teen pregnancy, sexual abuse, and abortion (of the illegal variety...remember, it was the last 40s) also have small roles in the story.
Again...not a bad read, a nice change from the norm for me. I didn't find it difficult to follow, not too many misses in editing (which I see too frequently with eBooks), despite no big plot twists, suspense, etc., it wasn't what I would call boring. I would recommend it to others.
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