By Serena Burdick
Rating: 4.5/5
Favourite Quote:
“But life’s a blind business, none of us can see up ahead, and none of us would move forward if we could. So,”
Thoughts: A tragically realistic telling of how society treated different groups during this time. A multilayered story that really got me attached to all of the characters because of their flaws. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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You'll love if: focus on multi-generational relationships between women and what is expected of them in society, you want to learn more of the suffrage time period and the House of Mercy which a notorious asylum for "destitute and fallen women" ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Pass if: you like more deeply rooted context as it heavy in dialogue