Mary Swan

This historical novel focuses, initially, on a family in England who suffer tragedy and move to Canada in the second half of the 19th century. They end up in a smallish town where the husband works as a bookkeeper. Tragedy strikes again. After that, the book is about the repercussions of that tragedy and how it affects several people in the town. This is a really bad description, but I don't want to give anything away.

I really loved Swan's writing, which is elegant and almost poetic at times. This could have been a 4.5-star or more read for me, but I wanted a little more insight, a little more detail, and a little more closure. Some things were left just a bit too ambiguous for my liking. Still, it was a good read.

4 stars… (mehr)