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A review by pkadams
Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
3.0
I'm a big fan of Jennifer Holm's 20th century historical fiction as they are loaded with atmosphere. Paradise in this case is Key West of the 1930s. You often feel that you are walking down the street with Turtle and her relatives (everyone is related) during the Great Depression. With her mom forced to take a job as a housekeeper with a woman who doesn't like kids, Turtle is shipped off to her aunt's for safekeeping.
The character doesn't do a tremendous amount of growing during the novel, but the atmosphere is so rich that you have a real sense of what it was like growing up in pre-war FL (no AC for starters). With a couple of cameos by Hemingway, it is a fun and light read.
The character doesn't do a tremendous amount of growing during the novel, but the atmosphere is so rich that you have a real sense of what it was like growing up in pre-war FL (no AC for starters). With a couple of cameos by Hemingway, it is a fun and light read.