“Her mother’s suffering should have been warning enough, but Sara had convinced herself that her own story would have a different ending. No such luck. Men betrayed, women endured.”
― Fiona Davis, The Address
In keeping with tradition during this time period of the late 1880's we find that even up till today's standards women who don't go along to get along will be deemed crazy. If they speak out against abuse of injustice they will be deemed 'insane' and 'committed' to an asylum.
I've seen it happen. I've had 47 years of these toxic individuals and I know how the party gets going based on hearsay and never facts. You can ruin a woman's life in a matter of seconds, her career in a matter of minutes, her entire lifetime with the stroke of a pen.
Folks, we can go gaga over the historical piece, the architecture, the art but there's an underlying theme here and we must acknowledge the rights of all woman to be heard.
In fact the two women in Theodore's life need to be commended one for bearing child with a nut and the other for taking that trash to the curb forever.
The dual timeline from the 1880's and to the 1980's worked extremely well with these characters as they held their own quite deeply and created enough space to become absorbed in both settings.
The powerful dynamic at play and the equally inviting atmosphere coupled with the rising tension on both ends of the heated flame continued to escape to the point of getting burned in the end.
I absolutely enjoyed this so much that I went back and requested Fiona's previous work, The Dollhouse via my local library.
There's not one book of Fiona's that I've rated any less than a four star review and that's because she consistently raises the bar and elevates the excitement.
Thank you to my local library for providing this work during the pandemic.
