Heart-breaking premise—even worse for being true. I'd never heard of Georgia Tann and her
kidnapping adoption agency before, and I just can't believe it went on for so
long with so many people approving or turning a blind eye. Sick.
So this horrible history makes for an equally heartbreaking
novel.
The writing was very good and emotive, the characters
interesting. It absolutely held my
interest, though some of the political stuff did go on a little long, as did
some other sections in the modern narrative.
The historical narrative was engrossing.
I'm not an expert on the dialects the author portrayed, but
they seemed spot on without being distracting.
That's not an easy feat
I appreciated that the ending wasn't completely happy, yet
managed to bring some closure.
I wished the obligatory romance had been skipped here,
since I firmly believe some books are stronger without forcing a romantic love
story into them. This is one of those
books. It's about familial love. Why can't it
just be that? However, this is my very subjective
opinion.
I would recommend this book, though fair warning: it's not a happy read.
I'm interested to explore more of Lisa Wingate's
novels.
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