Genre:
Historical
Historical
Sweet Mercy
by Ann Tatlock
| -From the back cover- Stunning Coming-Of-Age Drama Set During The Great Depression And Prohibition When Eve Marryat's father is laid off from the Ford Motor Company in 1931, he is forced to support his family by leaving St. Paul, Minnesota, and moving back to his Ohio roots. Eve's uncle Cyrus has invited the family to live and work at his Marryat Island Ballroom and Lodge. Eve can't wait to leave St. Paul, a notorious haven for gangsters. At seventeen, she considers her family to be “good people,” not lawbreakers like so many in her neighborhood. Thrilled to be moving to a “safe haven,” Eve soon forms an unlikely friendship with a strange young man named Link, blissfully unaware that her uncle's lodge is anything but what it seems. When the reality of her situation finally becomes clear, Eve is faced with a dilemma. Does she dare risk everything by exposing the man whose love and generosity is keeping her family from ruin? And when things turn dangerous, can she trust Link in spite of appearances? One of the best historical fiction books that I have read so far this year! Ann Tatlock did such a wonderful job with Eve. She captured the in-between of being a 17 year girl perfectly, mature one moment and the next feeling like a little girl. Eve has a lot to learn about life and people, but what better place and time than a lodge full of summer visitors during Prohibition and the Great Depression. Eve thinks she knows right and wrong, everything is black and white, but as she spends time with people at the lodge and in town, she learns that it isn't always that easy. People aren't always what they seem and sometimes they make decisions for reasons that are hard to understand. But she is a genuinely kind-hearted girl that leans on her Faith, this helps her to face the hard things in life, be they small or large. The cast of characters is wonderful, varied and realistic. You will find yourself falling in love with some, disliking others, feeling sad for some of them, and most definitely wanting to find out what happens to them next. |  This Book earned a 5 Bark rating.
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It was cool and quite rainy when I read this book but I was transported each time I opened the pages into a warm summer of Ohio. I found myself having to readjust to the “real world” when I had to lay it down. I often partly judge how much I like a book by the author's ability to paint pictures with words, drawing me in to the point that I can almost feel and taste as well as see with the characters, if I have to emerge from my reading and nearly reacquaint myself with my surroundings. The author managed to do this marvelously. I felt satisfied with how the story ended but also a little let down that it was now finished.
I was not familiar with Ann Tatlock's books when I saw Sweet Mercy, the cover and the synopsis on the back just drew me in. I'm glad that I was able to get this book for review and read it. I will definitely be looking for more books by Ann Tatlock in the future as well as checking out some of her previous titles.
Well worth the time to read, Sweet Mercy is a MUST READ for summer 2013.
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives Sweet Mercy by Ann Tatlock a 5 Bark rating.
I was not familiar with Ann Tatlock's books when I saw Sweet Mercy, the cover and the synopsis on the back just drew me in. I'm glad that I was able to get this book for review and read it. I will definitely be looking for more books by Ann Tatlock in the future as well as checking out some of her previous titles.
Well worth the time to read, Sweet Mercy is a MUST READ for summer 2013.
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives Sweet Mercy by Ann Tatlock a 5 Bark rating.
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