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A review by huncamuncamouse
Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson by Ann Turner
4.0
More like 3.5 stars, but rounded up. After quite a few bland entries in the series, this one was a lot better. It's interesting when the series gives you a so-called perspective into the "wrong side of history" like with the notorious "When Will This Cruel War Be Over?." Here, we have the diary of a young girl whose family supported the King during the Revolutionary War. Prudence is a pretty decent narrator; I was really interested in her mother--who is a respected midwife and uses all kinds of natural herbs to cure ailments and help with labor. It was a little disappointing to see that Prudence didn't wind up following in her footsteps.
One of my issues with this book is that it's never that clear why the family supports the Tories. And because Prudence is such a young narrator, it just seems like she's doing what most kids do: parroting her parents' views without understanding them. While I appreciate a more sympathetic look at the Tories, it strains credibility that they (by which I mean adult Tories in Green Marsh) were just innocently enduring all this negative attention without retaliating or even instigating.
Other than that, though, this one was pretty good and would be interesting to read right after The Winter of Red Snow.
One of my issues with this book is that it's never that clear why the family supports the Tories. And because Prudence is such a young narrator, it just seems like she's doing what most kids do: parroting her parents' views without understanding them. While I appreciate a more sympathetic look at the Tories, it strains credibility that they (by which I mean adult Tories in Green Marsh) were just innocently enduring all this negative attention without retaliating or even instigating.
Other than that, though, this one was pretty good and would be interesting to read right after The Winter of Red Snow.