A review by clellman
The Celestials by Karen Shepard

5.0

Historical fiction at its best. It was really interesting to learn some of this local-ish history (Chinese laborers in North Adams, MA in the 1870s), and I wished there had been an afterward explaining what was historical fact and which parts were fictionalized. I liked the writing-the narrator really stayed within the 1870s. Also employed some really spot-on similes.

Surprised to see so many goodreads reviewers panning this :(