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The Engineer's Wife
by Tracey Enerson Wood
This historical fiction is about Emily Roebling who had a huge part in the building of the Brooklyn bridge.
In this telling, Emily is a suffragette and wants to fight for women’s rights. When she marries her husband, she’s deeply in love with him. She tries to help with his burdens. She knows his time in the war was hard and she wants him to talk about it but he rarely does.
He goes into the family business soon after they marry. He takes on the immense job of engineering the Brooklyn Bridge.
But he is hit with serious health issues and Emily starts helping with his job.
As the years pass, she is pulled deeper and deeper into the job. She is no longer living her own dreams, she is so determined to make her husband’s dreams happen. And at some point he seems to expect it of her.
This was well written and researched.
I struggled a bit with Emily and her husband’s relationship. Sometimes I liked him, he seemed to support her fight for women’s rights and I imagine that was uncommon for a man that long ago. And he felt her to be strong, intelligent and capable. He respected her. But was her loving to her? Not always. My own enjoyment of the book was lessened a bit because of their relationship. It was well written but it was a bit tortured of a scenario and it was a bit hard to read through. Emily wasn’t without fault but your heart breaks for her at times. Does her husband think she’s amazing enough to get this bridge safely up despite having no training? Absolutely. But does he make her feel like he enjoys her company? Rarely.
I got to read an early ebook edition from NetGalley. Thanks!
In this telling, Emily is a suffragette and wants to fight for women’s rights. When she marries her husband, she’s deeply in love with him. She tries to help with his burdens. She knows his time in the war was hard and she wants him to talk about it but he rarely does.
He goes into the family business soon after they marry. He takes on the immense job of engineering the Brooklyn Bridge.
But he is hit with serious health issues and Emily starts helping with his job.
As the years pass, she is pulled deeper and deeper into the job. She is no longer living her own dreams, she is so determined to make her husband’s dreams happen. And at some point he seems to expect it of her.
This was well written and researched.
I struggled a bit with Emily and her husband’s relationship. Sometimes I liked him, he seemed to support her fight for women’s rights and I imagine that was uncommon for a man that long ago. And he felt her to be strong, intelligent and capable. He respected her. But was her loving to her? Not always. My own enjoyment of the book was lessened a bit because of their relationship. It was well written but it was a bit tortured of a scenario and it was a bit hard to read through. Emily wasn’t without fault but your heart breaks for her at times. Does her husband think she’s amazing enough to get this bridge safely up despite having no training? Absolutely. But does he make her feel like he enjoys her company? Rarely.
I got to read an early ebook edition from NetGalley. Thanks!