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A review by kabrina
New York by Edward Rutherfurd
5.0
This book is extraordinary. I want everyone I know to read this book. I've had a fascination with New York City since I was a child. This work of fiction woven into history is simply amazing. I fell in love with each generation of the Master family and the various others who crossed their paths along the way. Hetty may just have been my favorite though; with her hate for the Waldorf and her love of the city.
The tale of the wampum belt was an unexpected surprise that made me smile and provoked deep thinking as well. Given as a gift from a forbidden child, born from a forbidden relationship with an Indian girl, the belt is eventually given to another forbidden love. This time the love could not be because the girl was Jewish and she could break her father's heart by marrying outside their faith. There is so much subtext and story just in that belt alone. That Charlie had no way of knowing how closely his life married that of his ancestor, and that even though we've come very far in relating across cultural lines, there is still so far to go.
Knowing any history at all brings inherent spoilers to this work. As soon as the young boy wondered if his sister might find work at the Triangle Factory, I knew her ultimate fate. Though I was quite surprised by which character was lost in the Towers.
This is just such a wonderful read, so very well done. I can not recommend it enough.
The tale of the wampum belt was an unexpected surprise that made me smile and provoked deep thinking as well. Given as a gift from a forbidden child, born from a forbidden relationship with an Indian girl, the belt is eventually given to another forbidden love. This time the love could not be because the girl was Jewish and she could break her father's heart by marrying outside their faith. There is so much subtext and story just in that belt alone. That Charlie had no way of knowing how closely his life married that of his ancestor, and that even though we've come very far in relating across cultural lines, there is still so far to go.
Knowing any history at all brings inherent spoilers to this work. As soon as the young boy wondered if his sister might find work at the Triangle Factory, I knew her ultimate fate. Though I was quite surprised by which character was lost in the Towers.
This is just such a wonderful read, so very well done. I can not recommend it enough.