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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
charlene12's review
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ecofriendly_bookworm's review against another edition
3.0
It is beautifully written historical, contemporary book which takes us to the time when women had no power, no identity, nothing except the name of the man she is married to.
The book starts with Beth getting married to Edgar Collins with high hopes of leaving her bleak past and having a house of her own. Little did she know that her future is going to be worse than what she has seen. Accused of having an affair outside of her marriage bonds, she is left alone to go insane as both of her children (twins) are taken away from her.
James is brought up as a ward of a rich lord Lord Redfern whereas Daisy is brought up as a maid rather than a daughter in a pathetic family. After sixteen years of suffering, Daisy finally escapes from her home with her adoptive brother and arrive in Redfern village to find work and shelter. James and Daisy's paths cross and there forms a kind of connection between the two. Will they ever know that they are twins separated at birth? Will they ever be reunited with their family?
The pain and desperation of what Beth and Daisy went through in their life is something which is palpable in this book. It makes us understand how little value did the women of that time had.
It is a slow placed book which takes us through the life of different people within the span of approximately seventeen to eighteen years.
I will recommend it to all adults who are into historical contemporary genre and enjoy a slow paced, not gripping but free flowing book filled with a lot of downs and downs and downs and then ups of the life.
The first part of the book is very painful to read and hence I suggest that if someone is suffering from any mental condition then he/she should wait for sometime to get better before picking this up.
The book starts with Beth getting married to Edgar Collins with high hopes of leaving her bleak past and having a house of her own. Little did she know that her future is going to be worse than what she has seen. Accused of having an affair outside of her marriage bonds, she is left alone to go insane as both of her children (twins) are taken away from her.
James is brought up as a ward of a rich lord Lord Redfern whereas Daisy is brought up as a maid rather than a daughter in a pathetic family. After sixteen years of suffering, Daisy finally escapes from her home with her adoptive brother and arrive in Redfern village to find work and shelter. James and Daisy's paths cross and there forms a kind of connection between the two. Will they ever know that they are twins separated at birth? Will they ever be reunited with their family?
The pain and desperation of what Beth and Daisy went through in their life is something which is palpable in this book. It makes us understand how little value did the women of that time had.
It is a slow placed book which takes us through the life of different people within the span of approximately seventeen to eighteen years.
I will recommend it to all adults who are into historical contemporary genre and enjoy a slow paced, not gripping but free flowing book filled with a lot of downs and downs and downs and then ups of the life.
The first part of the book is very painful to read and hence I suggest that if someone is suffering from any mental condition then he/she should wait for sometime to get better before picking this up.
ecofriendly_bookworm's review against another edition
3.0
It is beautifully written historical, contemporary book which takes us to the time when women had no power, no identity, nothing except the name of the man she is married to.
The book starts with Beth getting married to Edgar Collins with high hopes of leaving her bleak past and having a house of her own. Little did she know that her future is going to be worse than what she has seen. Accused of having an affair outside of her marriage bonds, she is left alone to go insane as both of her children (twins) are taken away from her.
James is brought up as a ward of a rich lord Lord Redfern whereas Daisy is brought up as a maid rather than a daughter in a pathetic family. After sixteen years of suffering, Daisy finally escapes from her home with her adoptive brother and arrive in Redfern village to find work and shelter. James and Daisy's paths cross and there forms a kind of connection between the two. Will they ever know that they are twins separated at birth? Will they ever be reunited with their family?
The pain and desperation of what Beth and Daisy went through in their life is something which is palpable in this book. It makes us understand how little value did the women of that time had.
It is a slow placed book which takes us through the life of different people within the span of approximately seventeen to eighteen years.
I will recommend it to all adults who are into historical contemporary genre and enjoy a slow paced, not gripping but free flowing book filled with a lot of downs and downs and downs and then ups of the life.
The first part of the book is very painful to read and hence I suggest that if someone is suffering from any mental condition then he/she should wait for sometime to get better before picking this up.
The book starts with Beth getting married to Edgar Collins with high hopes of leaving her bleak past and having a house of her own. Little did she know that her future is going to be worse than what she has seen. Accused of having an affair outside of her marriage bonds, she is left alone to go insane as both of her children (twins) are taken away from her.
James is brought up as a ward of a rich lord Lord Redfern whereas Daisy is brought up as a maid rather than a daughter in a pathetic family. After sixteen years of suffering, Daisy finally escapes from her home with her adoptive brother and arrive in Redfern village to find work and shelter. James and Daisy's paths cross and there forms a kind of connection between the two. Will they ever know that they are twins separated at birth? Will they ever be reunited with their family?
The pain and desperation of what Beth and Daisy went through in their life is something which is palpable in this book. It makes us understand how little value did the women of that time had.
It is a slow placed book which takes us through the life of different people within the span of approximately seventeen to eighteen years.
I will recommend it to all adults who are into historical contemporary genre and enjoy a slow paced, not gripping but free flowing book filled with a lot of downs and downs and downs and then ups of the life.
The first part of the book is very painful to read and hence I suggest that if someone is suffering from any mental condition then he/she should wait for sometime to get better before picking this up.