Robin Lee Hatcher has been writing for a long time. She writes about places she knows and her characters seem like they might be friends of hers. Her newest offering is a book that takes place in modern day along with memories taking the reader back to World War II.
Brianna is taking a history class that she thought would be an easy pass, but the professor throws a monkey wrench into the syllabus with a project that is fifty per cent of her grade. She has to interview the oldest member of her family to find out the implications of the eras they lived in. Daisy is her 98 year old great-grandmother, who has a colored history that has huge implications for Brianna. In telling her story, Daisy has to deal with her own past and how it has affected her in the long term.
I found this book compelling and engrossing, so much so that I was not able to put it down. Brianna is at a stage where she wants to assert her independence, but she gets pulled in by a pretty face. Daisy constantly warns her that there is more to a man than his looks and that his character, his core mean a lot more than any handsome visage could.
I truly enjoyed watching Daisy's and Brianna's relationship grow and change, how they came to understand each other, and how the secrets they were choosing to keep could eventually harm them.
There is romance, intrigue, entitled animosity, grief, and real true love expressed in this book. There are mistakes with long-lasting repercussions, and mistakes avoided. There are estrangements and reconciliations. All of these flesh out the story in a way that make this book so readable and that's why I absolutely loved it.
Five Stars, Two Thumbs Up, and an A on your history project.
Thomas Nelson and NetGalley.com provided the copy I read for this review. All opinions expressed are solely my own.
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