Ignore he 'Recipe for Adventure' on the back cover of this book. It makes the book sound like an amateur PTA play. It's not. Set in 1890s Galveston. Intersecting character groups. Interesting characters. Well-developed plot.
Myra sells baked goods to sailors and wharf workers to support her 5 kids. Julia ran away from home to escape a brutal father, then re-invented herself and married up. CB and Jack worked on ships from age 9. They hatch a plot to raise money. The plot is pretty much win-win-win for all involved. Happy endings for most characters.
Not a mystery. It's a story that could have solved a mystery. Solid story about how one woman came to have a large canary diamond.
Some may be annoyed by the occasional use of colloquial speech. It is infrequent and used for a specific purpose.
Books 2 and 3 of the trilogy are not avail via PBS. I may have to join Kindle Unlimited to read them.
Myra sells baked goods to sailors and wharf workers to support her 5 kids. Julia ran away from home to escape a brutal father, then re-invented herself and married up. CB and Jack worked on ships from age 9. They hatch a plot to raise money. The plot is pretty much win-win-win for all involved. Happy endings for most characters.
Not a mystery. It's a story that could have solved a mystery. Solid story about how one woman came to have a large canary diamond.
Some may be annoyed by the occasional use of colloquial speech. It is infrequent and used for a specific purpose.
Books 2 and 3 of the trilogy are not avail via PBS. I may have to join Kindle Unlimited to read them.
