This was a great book! It's been a long time since I started a book in the morning and finished it the same night.
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This was a great book! It's been a long time since I started a book in the morning and finished it the same night.
pickReally wanted to keep reading this.
I liked the female lead, I wanted to know more about her friendships with Belle, then Dorcas.
I had such sympathy for her as she adapted and coped with everything. The addition of the slavery aspect wasn't the main story, it is part of it, and that was so well written.
1. Most of my recommendations will be historical fiction. The tagged book is a favorite set in 1850s Ohio; a young woman helps runaway enslaved persons make their way to freedom.
2. I should be representing Cleveland and all the great things we have here, but I have to say don‘t miss the NURRFC in Cincinnati. While in Cincinnati there are several other great museums in the old Union Station.
#TravelTuesday #RoadTripUSA2022
pickThe author had to do a lot of research on a lot of different things, including Quakers, quilting, Ohio, and the Underground Railroad. I quite liked it, but I never did figure out the odd attraction she had for one character. I did love Belle! I‘m not a quilter or sewer, so I found the Underground Railroad and the Quakers more interesting.
The ebook looks good. On sale today for $1.99
pickI always love Chevalier‘s books for the way that I learn something about a specific subject, as well as being interesting and absorbing to read.
This time the subjects were Quakers and the Underground Railroad, as we followed Honor Bright adapting to an unexpected life in America, far away from home in Dorset.
Highly recommended as a great historical fiction read.
#bookspinbingo - I got a bingo!
pickWe all have that one book that's been on our list forever, right? This week I pulled that book off my parent's bookshelf...do yourself a favor, pick up the book that's been on your list forever...there's a reason it's still on your list #readinglist #thelastrunaway #tracychevalier #moving #readit!
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When you find one on your list in your moms bookshelf! #bookworm #familybookclub📚 #loveit #tracychevalier #thelastrunaway #currentlyreading
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On my TBR but hoping to get to it soon. #flyhighjuly #beingfree Honor Bright is a sheltered Quaker who has rarely ventured out of 1850s Dorset when she impulsively emigrates to America. Opposed to the slavery that defines and divides the country, she finds her principles tested to the limit when a runaway slave appears at the farm of her new family.
#ispy with my little eye a book with a moon on the cover. Thanks for the tag @4thhouseontheleft 😘
Would you like to carry on @charl08 @erzascarletbookgasm @Caroline2 ? Can you spy a book with a beach on the front cover? 🏝
Sleep wouldn‘t come overnight so started listening to The Last Runaway. This book will cover #Ohio for my #SeparatedbyaPondTour. A book I‘ve wanted to read for a while.
pickWhile I tend to like Tracy Chevalier‘s older books better, this was still a good read about a young Quaker woman in the 1800‘s who moves from England to the U.S. and has to adapt to a new country with new ideals. Unwittingly, she also finds herself thrust in the midst of the Underground Railroad.
pickListy photo dump Post #1. Although I haven‘t been posting (at all, really) i have been reading (not much). Don‘t judge, please (teaching is exhausting).
I enjoyed this book- history, new beginnings, strong women. Right up my alley.
pickA friend gave this to me because of the underlying quilts in the story. But, I loved it all the way through. An English woman learns how to continue as an American with all our complexities after becoming involved in the Underground Railroad
pickI liked it. It enjoyed the letters in between the chapters. I was convinced I knew how it would end but turns out I didn't. I like it when that happens!
pickbeautiful and captivating writing, as always. not as impressive to me as The Virgin Blue, but still an amazing read!
I've made a fair dent in this today, it's too muggy outside so reading seemed like the best option. I'm liking this book, I'm especially liking the character of Belle, hoping she appears more.
I don't know how long this has been on my shelf but I thought it was about time I read it. I enjoyed the other Chevalier novel I read so I'm hopeful. Plus I love anything set in the past!
Waiting out a minor head injury: always gonna be not a lot of fun; HOWEVER, add some cats and an interesting book and it's not too terrible.
so-so⭐️⭐️⭐️: Honor Bright leaves England for a new life in 1850 America, amidst the battle of slavery. This book was good, but didn't go too far below the surface for me. I enjoyed the book but found it too light given the topic. #Chevalier #HistoricalFiction
pickFirst 5-star book of 2017 and what a start! Love triangle and adventurous slavery times. OMG, I'm so in love with this book! It just reminded me of the Invention of Wings bys Sue Monk Kidd, another 5-star and on the same storyline
Picked these up from the library's sale shelf today - only $5!!
pickI love the perspective Chevalier brings on the lives (and power) of women at various points in history. This story is set where I grew up- outside of Oberlin in rural Ohio. I grew up knowing that Oberlin had been active in the Underground Railroad. Great to read a story imagining it.
pickFirst book I read by this author. I loved it. It's a historic romance that I found interesting and believable without being silly & soppy. I learnt a lot about the southern US slave era and the choices people can make to improve the lives of others. Great read.
