A review by justtalkingtomyshelf
Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford

5.0

I knew absolutely nothing about this time in American history (or Jamie Ford for that matter) and I am so impressed by how well he painted Seattle during the Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo. The characters felt real and I can tell Ford did his research before writing this book. The story was very well written and peeled back in layers as it progressed, alternating between the 1910s and the 1960s. I will be thinking about beautiful and heartbreaking book, as well as the true events that inspired it, for a long time.