Several generations discuss the most important aspects of the mother daughter relationships, furthering education, and independence with numerous and varied details thrown in between that are equally alarming and shocking.
Things aren't trivial but downright disturbing in discussing the earlier times of the 1800's when slaves were accused of raping landowners daughters or having affairs out in the open. It was a time of racial segregation and the lack of equality that forced many to flee underground. Good luck with women's suffrage was also in the thick of it all as we go back and forth between dulling time slots.
Once things startled to settle we learn of several individual family members passing away and one in particular in a pool of water while driving only to be found later dead in the car.
How could anyone not be disturbed by all of this is beyond me but it really was a difficult read not just because of the subject matter but also the manner in which it was portrayed without much thought or deliberation and thrown together near the end as if the puzzle then became whole.
It drives me crazy when books jump around especially with such wholesome characters because it takes away their appeal to me as a reader.
All in all this was a good read especially the origin of Calvert and Bella till sadly she also passed away while he was at war.
The mistreatment of a young gal named Katie who wanted to marry a man named Will (who needed assistance) was disgraceful and inhumane in my view. I have numerous relatives who married outside our race and they're are welcome to our family tree.
When the background to her family history is laid off for Katie it feels like a sucker-punch and it comes with great emotion in being deemed an orphan by a process of sexual abuse. All while, Aunt Polly tells her to leave things be and just go away.
Harsh is an understatement of the day.
In addition, as noted earlier the manner in which this one ended seemed abrupt and cruel.
Just my thoughts for what they're worth but I would be cautious for anyone who is easily triggered.
Thank you to Helen Bryan, the pub, NetGalley, and Amazon Kindle for this ARC in exchange for this honest review.
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