historical fiction
In 1944, Tess is on the cusp of marrying her long-time
sweetheart. But her life plans are dramatically changed after a fateful night
resulting in an unexpected pregnancy.
After the Prologue describes a tragic event, Chapter 1
begins at a chronologically earlier time. The story unspools from there. It was
a wise choice for Diane Chamberlain to put this event first, giving me a reason
to keep reading to find out how Tess reached that point.
I really liked the story of The Stolen Marriage. Chamberlain
is a terrific story teller and all of her tales are different. This one had a fun fantasy aspect but the rest was entirely
realistic and the setting and characters of 1944 North Carolina came alive with
the realities of segregation and war rations. I believe this was the first novel I’ve read which dealt with the polio
epidemic about which I’ve never known more than the basic outline.
The narrator, Susan Bennett, has read all the other Diane Chamberlain audiobooks I’ve heard and she was
wonderful as usual. She has a great
repertoire of voices and accents and is a talented voice actor as well. I give
her an A.
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