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A Basket Brigade Christmas
by Nancy Moser, Judith McCoy Miller, Stephanie Grace Whitson
I received a free digital copy from the author/publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest feedback.
A Basket Brigade Christmas tells three different short stories during the American Civil War, all connected to a town called Decatur in Illinois where a group of women created something called the 'Basket Brigade'. The whole town got involved with it and people made food, coffee, socks, blankets and other things for the wounded soldiers who came through the town on a train.
A Stitch in Time by Stephanie Grace Whitson
This short story surrounded a woman called Lucy Maddox who took on some of the more powerful matriarchy in the small town Decatur, Illinois, to set up a new sewing circle for the Basket Brigade. While this book was quite pleasant to read, it didn't really sparkle and I found some of the dialogue a bit stiff, even for the time period. I also would have liked a bit more chemistry between Lucy and Silas considering he's suppose to be in love with her, other than one brief hands touching moment at the start.
A Pinch of Love by Judith Miller
In this story, a young woman called Sarah McHenry has to get over her fear of helping out the Basket Brigade with the wounded men on the trains when her mother, who normally plays a key role, falls ill. Sarah meets Jacob Curtis, a soldier who patrols the train and falls in love. The pair have to get over some obstacles including a local man intent on making Sarah his and Jacob's jealousy. This was probably my favourite story of the three however after a certain point it started going around in circles. I also felt that Jacob's jealousy wasn't always explainable - especially when it came to the locket. Sarah has a twin brother, why would he never even stumble to that conclusion. I was also disappointed that Matthew never got any kind of comeuppance. He was rather forceful and manipulative and I felt he deserved to be taken down a notch or two.
Endless Melody by Nancy Moser
This was my least favourite story of the lot. I didn't really care that much about either character as it seemed they'd both been a bit selfish and silly. These characters were slightly older than the other two stories, being in their mid-thirties rather than early twenties. In this one Zona Evans, mistress of the local choir, is organizing the Christmas musicale but must work without the use of the men in the town. She also keeps remembering her sweetheart of 15 years ago who went to serve in the Mexican War and never returned. This was just a bit boring for me.
A Basket Brigade Christmas tells three different short stories during the American Civil War, all connected to a town called Decatur in Illinois where a group of women created something called the 'Basket Brigade'. The whole town got involved with it and people made food, coffee, socks, blankets and other things for the wounded soldiers who came through the town on a train.
A Stitch in Time by Stephanie Grace Whitson
This short story surrounded a woman called Lucy Maddox who took on some of the more powerful matriarchy in the small town Decatur, Illinois, to set up a new sewing circle for the Basket Brigade. While this book was quite pleasant to read, it didn't really sparkle and I found some of the dialogue a bit stiff, even for the time period. I also would have liked a bit more chemistry between Lucy and Silas considering he's suppose to be in love with her, other than one brief hands touching moment at the start.
A Pinch of Love by Judith Miller
In this story, a young woman called Sarah McHenry has to get over her fear of helping out the Basket Brigade with the wounded men on the trains when her mother, who normally plays a key role, falls ill. Sarah meets Jacob Curtis, a soldier who patrols the train and falls in love. The pair have to get over some obstacles including a local man intent on making Sarah his and Jacob's jealousy. This was probably my favourite story of the three however after a certain point it started going around in circles. I also felt that Jacob's jealousy wasn't always explainable - especially when it came to the locket. Sarah has a twin brother, why would he never even stumble to that conclusion. I was also disappointed that Matthew never got any kind of comeuppance. He was rather forceful and manipulative and I felt he deserved to be taken down a notch or two.
Endless Melody by Nancy Moser
This was my least favourite story of the lot. I didn't really care that much about either character as it seemed they'd both been a bit selfish and silly. These characters were slightly older than the other two stories, being in their mid-thirties rather than early twenties. In this one Zona Evans, mistress of the local choir, is organizing the Christmas musicale but must work without the use of the men in the town. She also keeps remembering her sweetheart of 15 years ago who went to serve in the Mexican War and never returned. This was just a bit boring for me.