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sara_m_martins 's review for:
Patience & Sarah
by Isabel Miller
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
if Alma (Isabel Miller's real name) could speak to me through ouija board, like she did to write this book, she would say i finished this today on purpose:
tomorrow, october 3rd marks the 24th anniversary of this book opening as a play n London. And the day after, oct 4th , marks the 24th anniversary of Alma's death.
this book had a tremendously strong beginning - as in pride&prejudice starting strong. it's just so gen z humour i was a bit shocked reading it in a novel from the 60´s about the 19th century.
tomorrow, october 3rd marks the 24th anniversary of this book opening as a play n London. And the day after, oct 4th , marks the 24th anniversary of Alma's death.
this book had a tremendously strong beginning - as in pride&prejudice starting strong. it's just so gen z humour i was a bit shocked reading it in a novel from the 60´s about the 19th century.
One way Martha wanted me out of her kitchen, but another way she didn’t want me burning wood to keep just myself warm. Best would have been if I’d died, I guess, but there wasn’t much chance of that, not right off anyway, since I lived a healthy country life and was fairly young, and unmarried. Next best was to make me want to die, but I had enough spite in me to want to live, usually.
the book itself didn't grab me throughout. for me the worth of it comes from the stories of who it was based on, who wrote it, where, when and how it was written and published.
i found this edition interesting bc of all the additional information about what is around the book (the REAL LIFE LESBIANS IN 1880'S, the LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, that it has an opera!!!, etc).