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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2171 KP) rated The Ninth Daughter (Abigail Adams #1) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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The Ninth Daughter (Abigail Adams #1)
Barbara Hamilton | 2009
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6.5 (2 Ratings)
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Abigail Adams is going to visit a friend, but her friends isn't home and there's a dead woman on her floor. Who is this woman? When John is accused of the crime, Abigail starts trying to clear her husband. Meanwhile, some tea has just sailed into Boston harbor…. I love Revolutionary era history, so I wanted to like this book. However, it let the detail of life during that time slow down the pace of the story. And the plot that was here was highly predictable.

<a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/01/book-review-ninth-daughter-by-barbara.html">My full review at Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Elif Shafak recommended Notes of a Native Son in Books (curated)

 
Notes of a Native Son
Notes of a Native Son
James Baldwin | 2017 | History & Politics
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"Istanbul, London, Madrid, Boston…ever since my childhood I lived in numerous countries. One of the downsides of a nomadic life is that you can never keep a proper library. At some point, I had boxes of books in Istanbul, waiting to be shipped, boxes of books in Arizona. You have to let go of even your most beloved possessions when you live a peripatetic life, but there was one author whose voice I could never do without: James Baldwin—the observer, the commuter, the rebel. Notes of a Native Son is a collection of essays about language, racism, hatred, and ultimately, resilience and dignity."

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