I stumbled on to this book on the online library when desperate to just check something out to download to my Kindle and get on with it. (Nothing else I wanted to read was available.) While the pacing is slow, and I almost quit the book at first, I'm glad I stuck with it. The author, a histori...
I found the story to be interesting, however I gave up reading the book a third of the way through. The author's writing style was a turn off for me. In many ways I felt as if I was reading a script rather than a book. The author wrote as if he was directing the action instead of painting out the...
I really thought I would like this book. I was interested because it took place not only in Richmond, VA, but also King & Queen and King William counties, also in Virginia. The library that I work for serves those counties and I knew I would encounter places familiar to me. I usually enjoy lea...
She wanted him to come out to Millboro’ Springs, but he told her he was too busy for any travel other than the occasional trip to Richmond. She kept writing, two and sometimes three letters a week:Dear Tommie,What I had feared is true. I’ve let my dresses out and since they don’t know me well her...