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A review by botanyandbookends
To Capture What We Cannot Keep by Beatrice Colin
4.0
“She smelled of silver tarnish and old cake crumbs..” Doesn’t that immediately conjure up the crookedly old woman that she was? Mmmmm, I adore imagery.
It was a late night last night so that I could finish this sweet and easy novel taking place in the late 1800’s as Paris watched the building of the Eiffel Tower for the World Fair. Realizing the harrowing feats of building the worlds tallest monument, level by level, rivet by rivet...it was a good reminder that safety organizations haven’t always protected blue collar workers and their dangerous environments.
‘To Capture What We Cannot Keep’ reflected the social boundaries so prevalent in 19th century Europe and that sometimes the heart falls outside those stalwart yet potentially malleable lines.
It was a late night last night so that I could finish this sweet and easy novel taking place in the late 1800’s as Paris watched the building of the Eiffel Tower for the World Fair. Realizing the harrowing feats of building the worlds tallest monument, level by level, rivet by rivet...it was a good reminder that safety organizations haven’t always protected blue collar workers and their dangerous environments.
‘To Capture What We Cannot Keep’ reflected the social boundaries so prevalent in 19th century Europe and that sometimes the heart falls outside those stalwart yet potentially malleable lines.