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Ladataan... The Third Mrs. GalwayTekijä: Deirdre Sinnott
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Tämä arvostelu kirjoitettiin LibraryThingin Varhaisia arvostelijoita varten. An ARC copy from the publisher in exchange for a review. Historical fiction, set in 1835 Utica New York, before and during the convention to found the New York State Anti-Slavery Society. Newlywed Helen discovers runaway slaves in her garden shed. She waffles between turning them over to the authorities or helping them. Also in the mix is free black housekeeper/cook Maggie who stayed on with Mr Galway after her emancipation because she loved him and couldn't imagine herself anywhere else. Lots of action, as the slavers are bent on getting to the runaways, and Maggie with help from Helen, is bound to keep them safe. If you want more about the American Recolonization Society from the Liberia point of view, read The Darlin by Russell Banks. ( )Tämä arvostelu kirjoitettiin LibraryThingin Varhaisia arvostelijoita varten. I often find it difficult to read historical fiction books dealing with slavery due to my family being descended from enslaved people. However, this was an honest look at slavery, the realities of abolition, and racism. Great integration of historical facts. I found this to be an intriguing read but it did drag in a few places when the author went down various historical rabbit holes. Not an easy read, by any stretch of the imagination, but one that captivates the sentiments of the time and place. Sinnott's history background shows in the way she integrates historic events into the tale, and her talent shows in how easily they fit. I especially liked her section of Helen's first view through a telescope at the comet---disappointmet at how dull it was, having expected a "fiery tail". A well crafted book in which many chapters end with a cliffhanger just when you thought the problems would be solved. There are many small details which make the story come alive, from the stench of the canal water that Pryce Anwell falls into, to the songs played by a street minstrel, to the desciption of the bullets being removed from Imari. Sometimes Helen was just too timid, and sometimes McCooke was too much of a caricature of a schemer, but our involvement in the outcome of Imari, Elymas, Joe, and the baby-on-the-way overcame those defects. Tämä arvostelu kirjoitettiin LibraryThingin Varhaisia arvostelijoita varten. The Third Mrs Galway is a fictional account of the anti-abolitionist riots in Utica New York and the role the city played in the Underground Railroad/abolitionist movement in central New York. Historical fiction is almost always a mixed bag for me and this is no exception; there are facts and dialogue that feels shoehorned in but a story that has some genuinely exciting moments. A young woman, newly married, finds herself in the middle of a runaway enslaved family, a predatory doctor, addiction and a flirtation. It's a lot. But well told about and about a part of the world I've always found interesting.Thanks to the Early Reviewers program for a chance to be reminded that American history has always been bloody. Tämä arvostelu kirjoitettiin LibraryThingin Varhaisia arvostelijoita varten. This was a fair read. Some of the characters seemed a bit heavy handed to me but it was an educational story. ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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Antislavery agitation is rocking Utica in 1835 when a young bride discovers an enslaved family hiding in her shed, setting in motion the exhumation of long-buried family secrets. It's 1835 in Utica, New York, and newlywed Helen Galway discovers a frightening secret: two runaway slaves are hiding in the shack behind her husband's house. Suddenly, she is at the center of not only the era's greatest moral dilemma, but her own as well. Should she be a good wife and report the fugitives to her husband? Or, will she defy convention and come to the aid of "the least of her brethren"? Within her home, Helen is haunted by the previous Mrs. Galway, recently deceased but still an oppressive presence. Her husband, injured by a drunken tumble off his horse, is assisted by a doctor of questionable ambitions who keeps a close eye on Helen. In charge of all things domestic is Maggie-formerly enslaved by the Galway family and freed when emancipation came to New York eight years earlier. At the same time, Utica is at the center of emancipation efforts as abolitionists arrive for the founding meeting of the New York State Anti-Slavery Society. Those who plead for an immediate end to enslavement are attacked by newspapers accusing them of being insurrectionists and traitors to the Constitution. Everyone faces dangerous choices as they navigate this intensely heated personal and political landscape. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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