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sophia_sol) wrote2018-09-06 07:39 pm
sophia_sol) wrote2018-09-06 07:39 pm
Girl Waits With Gun, by Amy Stewart
Historical fiction, but based relatively closely on real events and real people. This is a book about three sisters in 1914 who live independently but find their lives shaken up by an encounter with an unscrupulous silk-factory owner who destroys their buggy with his car and then refuses to pay damages.
Constance refuses to back down in face of threats! Fleurette thinks everything is extremely exciting! Norma just wishes everything would stop being so much so she can focus on her pigeons.
I love the family relationships in this book and how different the three women are from each other but how much they care about each other regardless. And I am pleased that they manage to win out in the end, despite power and privilege being on the side against them in this situation. And I'm happy for Constance by the indication at the end that she's going to have continuing access to this greater scope for her abilities and interests than the farm ever did!
Overall a solidly enjoyable book.
Constance refuses to back down in face of threats! Fleurette thinks everything is extremely exciting! Norma just wishes everything would stop being so much so she can focus on her pigeons.
I love the family relationships in this book and how different the three women are from each other but how much they care about each other regardless. And I am pleased that they manage to win out in the end, despite power and privilege being on the side against them in this situation. And I'm happy for Constance by the indication at the end that she's going to have continuing access to this greater scope for her abilities and interests than the farm ever did!
Overall a solidly enjoyable book.