New Beginning
New blog for a new beginning. I have an old live journal account but never a proper blog. So now that I'll be starting Indie 2.0 classes, it seems like the best time to start this. YAY!
Review: The Forgotten Home Child by Genevieve Graham
source The Forgotten Home Child by Genevieve Graham My rating: 5 of 5 stars I knew this book would deal with some heavy topics. I never expected it to leave me in tears. Once I finish a book I can usually dive right into the next without a problem. But this one haunted me. I knew it was fiction but knowing that these types of things happened in the past weighed on me as I read. Winny is ninety-seven years old, living with her granddaughter and great-grandson Jamie, the spitting image of her late husband. An old wooden trunk has them asking questions when it's contents tumble out. It's part of Winny's painful past she longed to forget. And when they ask her about the family tree she starts her story at what brought her to Canada. The book is told in parts each one starting in present day. Then the chapters move to the past told from Winny's point of view and switch back and forth to Jack's point of view. They are indentured servants who were told that they wer...
Hey, I'm interested in what the next posts will be like, show some of your old journals. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Lu! I'm thinking about showing some old journals, the hard part is choosing which ones to share :) Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful blog! I love the little green heart pins! - and I'm loving the Indie Biz course too! xx
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