Author: Anita Shreve
Bugs: 4.5
Review by: Barbie
Fifteen year old Olympia Biddeford has an affair with 41 year old Dr. John Haskell, a friend of her father's. Taking place in 1899, this causes quite a scandal. When a child is born to Olympia after the affair has been terminated, the baby boy is taken from her. Olympia finds the child three years later, involving herself in a court battle for custody. The writing is very good, slow moving, making one feel as if it might be 1899 again. The descriptions are thorough and complete, again evoking a slower paced lifestyle than this twenty-first century in which we currently live.
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