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The Briar Club
by Kate Quinn
Ahh. That’s better.
After inexplicably torturing myself with a spate of relationship books featuring self-obsessed characters, Kate Quinn came to my rescue with an actual plot.
Of all her marvelous books, this might be my favorite. She brings us out of her recent focus on WWII-era Europe and plops us smack in Washington D.C. during the McCarthy era. The wounds of the war certainly make their way into the story, but we’re afforded multiple perspectives from the multi-generational women who live in Briarwood House. The women’s lives are united by a central figure who is the absolute opposite of self-obsessed. Grace will be a character I remember for a long time.
The structure of the book makes it a real page-turner – starting with a mystery and moving toward a climactic finish through the lives of each of the women. I was guessing until the very end. Thanks to Quinn's detailed historical research, I learned a lot along the way.
Delightful.
After inexplicably torturing myself with a spate of relationship books featuring self-obsessed characters, Kate Quinn came to my rescue with an actual plot.
Of all her marvelous books, this might be my favorite. She brings us out of her recent focus on WWII-era Europe and plops us smack in Washington D.C. during the McCarthy era. The wounds of the war certainly make their way into the story, but we’re afforded multiple perspectives from the multi-generational women who live in Briarwood House. The women’s lives are united by a central figure who is the absolute opposite of self-obsessed. Grace will be a character I remember for a long time.
The structure of the book makes it a real page-turner – starting with a mystery and moving toward a climactic finish through the lives of each of the women. I was guessing until the very end. Thanks to Quinn's detailed historical research, I learned a lot along the way.
Delightful.