Wow. What a book. Melissa Inouye doesn't shy away from hard things and gives a nuanced, loving, and thoughtful treatise on what it means to be a latteWow. What a book. Melissa Inouye doesn't shy away from hard things and gives a nuanced, loving, and thoughtful treatise on what it means to be a latter day saint in today's compex world. It really made me think. Beautifully written....more
3.5. This book was OK, but it didn't live up to my expectations. Anna's diary didn't read like a diary, really. For example, at one point, she recount3.5. This book was OK, but it didn't live up to my expectations. Anna's diary didn't read like a diary, really. For example, at one point, she recounts talking to her friend about (and I'll paraphrase) "silly girlish things with the seriousness of grown women." At the time, she wouldn't have been thinking they were silly girlish things! Stuff like that. And some of the historical bits didn't line up. For example, Anna making someone cocoa by boiling the water and sprinkling on cocoa powder in 1911 when cocoa powder wasn't invented until the 1920s--not that peasant farmers would have been able to afford it even if it had been available earlier! And certain turns of phrase that wouldn't have been used. The lace making process was also all wrong. Those things bugged me more than they should have, maybe, but it kept me from taking the book seriously and would have been easy for the author to research.
I enjoyed Anna's story more than Sarah's. And it wasn't like the book bored me enough not to finish. The writing was OK. But it isn't something I'll remember next week....more
I really liked it, although at times it felt that the author packed a bit too much into it instead of expanding more on some details But that aside, iI really liked it, although at times it felt that the author packed a bit too much into it instead of expanding more on some details But that aside, it was a good one and I'd recommend it. I really felt for the protagonist and her family, and their life and time drew me in. It was beautiful written--and a good narrator, too, if you listen to the audiobook....more
I love Stanley Tucci and some of this book was interesting but I got bored and decided it wasn't worth finishing.I love Stanley Tucci and some of this book was interesting but I got bored and decided it wasn't worth finishing....more
4 stars just because there were a couple of doctrinal things I questioned, but gosh! So good. I listened to it but have a paper copy and need to go th4 stars just because there were a couple of doctrinal things I questioned, but gosh! So good. I listened to it but have a paper copy and need to go through and highlight some of his luminous thoughts on charity, covenant, and building up people. He is so compassionate and this book made me look deeply at myself and where I can improve in becoming more Christlike....more
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