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The Poppy Wife: A Novel of the Great War
by Caroline Scott
I have always been drawn to cemeteries. There's a peace and a sacredness there that I find so calming. When I was a college student, struggling with the stress and anxiety of classes and social pressures, I would ride my bike to a nearby cemetery and walk among the grave markers for a while.
I volunteer now as a gravesite photographer and I still love to walk through cemeteries. I especially love finding the requested gravesite and posting pictures so the family members can see where their loved one is buried. Too often, the gravesite I'm looking for isn't marked or can't be found and I grieve for the loved one who is lost.
I loved this book. It may be because of my emotional connection to the story, but I also know a thing or two about good books. This is a good book.
I will say that whoever changed the title from The Photographer of the Lost to The Poppy Wife made a bad decision. It completely changes the perception of the story and, I think, points it in the wrong direction. The whole time, I was thinking, "But why is it called The Poppy Wife?" I know what poppies mean. I know how they are significant to World War I, but that's really not what this book is about. I disagree with that decision.
I volunteer now as a gravesite photographer and I still love to walk through cemeteries. I especially love finding the requested gravesite and posting pictures so the family members can see where their loved one is buried. Too often, the gravesite I'm looking for isn't marked or can't be found and I grieve for the loved one who is lost.
I loved this book. It may be because of my emotional connection to the story, but I also know a thing or two about good books. This is a good book.
I will say that whoever changed the title from The Photographer of the Lost to The Poppy Wife made a bad decision. It completely changes the perception of the story and, I think, points it in the wrong direction. The whole time, I was thinking, "But why is it called The Poppy Wife?" I know what poppies mean. I know how they are significant to World War I, but that's really not what this book is about. I disagree with that decision.