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A review by bookswritingandmore
The Second Mother by Jenny Milchman
4.0
Julie Weathers has some issues. She drinks a lot, her child died while still being a baby which
causes tension with her husband, who wants a divorce. She sees an ad online for a teaching
position in a one-room schoolhouse on a remote island in Maine. She looks forward to the
change, and tries to make the best of it. When she encounters a "problem" child, she tries to
correct the islander's attitudes and sees what she can do to help.
I really enjoyed the book, once it came to the main arc
of the story. All the pieces come into place. I liked the dog named Depot. I felt like he played a character in the story.
I will say this book could have been at least hundred pages shorter. It dragged a bit and was very hard to get into but once you get into the main part of the story it really worked for me.
causes tension with her husband, who wants a divorce. She sees an ad online for a teaching
position in a one-room schoolhouse on a remote island in Maine. She looks forward to the
change, and tries to make the best of it. When she encounters a "problem" child, she tries to
correct the islander's attitudes and sees what she can do to help.
I really enjoyed the book, once it came to the main arc
of the story. All the pieces come into place. I liked the dog named Depot. I felt like he played a character in the story.
I will say this book could have been at least hundred pages shorter. It dragged a bit and was very hard to get into but once you get into the main part of the story it really worked for me.