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Dark Ladys Mask
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Mary Sharratt
SherreyM
, May 14, 2016
Mary Sharratt has touched on one topic I continue to applaud authors for bringing into the light: the voice that women lacked in periods such as the Renaissance. In The Dark Lady’s Mask: A Novel of Shakespeare’s Muse, we meet Aemilia Bassano Lanier, a woman of strong opinion and fearless in the face of doing what she is forbidden because she is a woman. As a girl, Aemilia often dressed as a boy to get to do things girls weren’t allowed to do. She definitely was plucky! I like Sharratt’s development of Aemilia’s role and character. Sharratt’s depiction of the times and place were well written and descriptive. Her characters were life-like and embodied the characteristics of the time. All in all, Sharratt is an excellent writer.
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A Light in the Wilderness
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Kirkpatrick, Jane
SherreyM
, September 03, 2014
I have said it before, and I will say it again. Jane Kirkpatrick's historical fiction never disappoints. A careful and detailed researcher as well as gifted writer, Jane shares eloquently the story of an African-American, freed slave woman named Letitia. The only one of her people travelling with a wagon train headed for Oregon. However, Jane is also skilled at sharing multi-layered stories in her works, and here she also shares the lives and experiences of two other women: Nancy Hawkins, a woman who loses much on this long and treacherous trail, and Betsy, a Kalapuya Indian, the last of her tribe in the Willamette Valley of the Oregon territory. As the seasons change, so do the lives of these women. As they suffer through birth and death, life and death, testing of their mutual faith, fear and courage, and almost losing one another, they experience lastly a bond not expected. From the start, the story of Letitia, Nancy, and Betsy takes hold of the reader and never lets go. Character descriptions and their circumstances are so accurately told the reader feels transported to time and place. I have to share that as an Oregonian transplanted from Tennessee I was excited for Letitia's journey. However, without giving anything away, I shared some of her disappointment and fears upon arriving in Oregon. My Recommendation: Readers looking for well-written historical fiction should seek out Jane Kirkpatrick and her books. A Light in the Wilderness is well paced, engaging, full of history, and a strong story of faith. If you like a book you can enjoy in one or two readings, this will be one for your stack. Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing, in exchange for an honest review. The opinions expressed are solely my own.
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