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A review by natyweiss
Family Law by Gin Phillips
5.0
Thank you Viking Books for the copy!
The story takes place in Montgomery, Alabama in the early eighties. Lucia is a lawyer (one of the few female lawyers in practice at that time). She is married to a very supportive man named Evan. Due to her job, she received many threats that she is almost stubbornly willing to ignore, despite the advice of her husband and parents.
A pending divorce case puts Rachel, a teenager smart and opinionated, in Lucia's path. Rachel is fascinated by Lucia and everything around her. She feels heard and even valued, for the first time, and devotly inspired by this woman's world.
Until a traumatic experience threatens to change their bond for ever.
The story has two alternated narrators: The first person narrator in Rachel's chapters and a third person omniscient narrator from Lucia's point of view, which makes completely sense at the very end of the novel.
In the author's words it's a novel about motherhood, the mother's we choose, the women who shape us. Those women that inspire and support each other in a world that seems to be deliberately ignoring the limitless capabilities of an empowered woman.
The descriptions are very beatifuly vivid and the pacing of the narration couldn't be better, making this book, the story and the cast of characters extremely enjoyable.
I really want to read @ginphillips previous novel Fierce Kingdom. I really enjoyed her style.
How about you? Does this book sounds like a reading that you would enjoy as much as I did?
The story takes place in Montgomery, Alabama in the early eighties. Lucia is a lawyer (one of the few female lawyers in practice at that time). She is married to a very supportive man named Evan. Due to her job, she received many threats that she is almost stubbornly willing to ignore, despite the advice of her husband and parents.
A pending divorce case puts Rachel, a teenager smart and opinionated, in Lucia's path. Rachel is fascinated by Lucia and everything around her. She feels heard and even valued, for the first time, and devotly inspired by this woman's world.
Until a traumatic experience threatens to change their bond for ever.
The story has two alternated narrators: The first person narrator in Rachel's chapters and a third person omniscient narrator from Lucia's point of view, which makes completely sense at the very end of the novel.
In the author's words it's a novel about motherhood, the mother's we choose, the women who shape us. Those women that inspire and support each other in a world that seems to be deliberately ignoring the limitless capabilities of an empowered woman.
The descriptions are very beatifuly vivid and the pacing of the narration couldn't be better, making this book, the story and the cast of characters extremely enjoyable.
I really want to read @ginphillips previous novel Fierce Kingdom. I really enjoyed her style.
How about you? Does this book sounds like a reading that you would enjoy as much as I did?