“I think you worship those Blythes, Clack. You are always quoting them.”

4.5 stars. I didn’t have high hopes for this book, to be honest, but it was actually quite good! The poetry was very well done, but I loved seeing the stories and lives of other families surrounding where the Blythes lived as they quoted them during their days.

I always wonder what other people say about me, or if they do say things about me, even in passing, so that part of the book delighted me. And I have to say I like the slight difference in substance where this book includes adultery and murder and other such themes.

“Yes, death was in the house ... a welcome guest to all and to none more welcome than to Ursula Anderson. She had longed for him for many years and now she knew he was near. Never was a bridegroom more welcome.”