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nadia's review
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
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I enjoyed getting immersed in Kitty and Claude's story, immediately transported to the 1940s and the small, dusty town of Goldfield, Nevada!
Not being religious, I did struggle with the main themes surrounding God and faith. However, the protagonists' beautiful story still shone through!
I enjoyed getting immersed in Kitty and Claude's story, immediately transported to the 1940s and the small, dusty town of Goldfield, Nevada!
Not being religious, I did struggle with the main themes surrounding God and faith. However, the protagonists' beautiful story still shone through!
Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, Abandonment, Pregnancy, and Child death
Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault
cait's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
"I wish I didn’t love you. I wish you loved yourself instead."
Oh, what a ride this story was. We follow Claude "Fly" Fisher as he grows up in post-WWII rural America in a tiny town called Goldfield, Nevada. He has lived his whole life next door to, best friends with, and fully intending to marry his neighbor, Kitty Ralph. Since her mother walked out on her and her father lost himself at the bottom of a bottle, Kitty has been an unofficial member of the Fisher family. Things seem clear. Kitty's life is relatively stable. Fly knows what he wants from his life and what to do to obtain it. The three Fisher boys are about to start attending high school together. Everything is sunshine and roses ... until their lives, already complicated by Jeb Ralph's unstoppable alcoholism, are torn into tatters when his actions have irreversible consequences. In a heartbeat, Fly's world changes and he finds himself without the things that had always meant the most to him: his effortless faith in God, his family's happiness, and Kitty.
In her simultaneously vastly sweeping and intimately contained debut novel, author Erica Dansereau takes us on a years' long journey of grief, growth, healing, and heart. This beautiful story kept me up past my bedtime and has lingered in my mind since finishing it. Erica Dansereau is a stunning new voice in historical romance and, I think, the next Nicholas Sparks.
Oh, what a ride this story was. We follow Claude "Fly" Fisher as he grows up in post-WWII rural America in a tiny town called Goldfield, Nevada. He has lived his whole life next door to, best friends with, and fully intending to marry his neighbor, Kitty Ralph. Since her mother walked out on her and her father lost himself at the bottom of a bottle, Kitty has been an unofficial member of the Fisher family. Things seem clear. Kitty's life is relatively stable. Fly knows what he wants from his life and what to do to obtain it. The three Fisher boys are about to start attending high school together. Everything is sunshine and roses ... until their lives, already complicated by Jeb Ralph's unstoppable alcoholism, are torn into tatters when his actions have irreversible consequences. In a heartbeat, Fly's world changes and he finds himself without the things that had always meant the most to him: his effortless faith in God, his family's happiness, and Kitty.
In her simultaneously vastly sweeping and intimately contained debut novel, author Erica Dansereau takes us on a years' long journey of grief, growth, healing, and heart. This beautiful story kept me up past my bedtime and has lingered in my mind since finishing it. Erica Dansereau is a stunning new voice in historical romance and, I think, the next Nicholas Sparks.
Moderate: Cancer, Addiction, Alcohol, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Car accident, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Terminal illness
Minor: War
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