In A Word
I decided that this year I would participate in The Dew Drop Inn's New Year tradition In A Word
My word is:
What a great word!
I'm going to try and delight in all the little things this year!
xo
Alicia
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...
wonderful!
ReplyDeletewishing you a year full of delight!
so happy you joined in the tradition.
xo
diane