Carrie N. (13hedgehogs) reviewed on 8/25/2009 + 5 more book reviews

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I greatly enjoyed this well-written historical novel. As a good author of period fiction should, Klassen opens a window into the past which gives the reader a view into a world both familiar and strikingly different from ours. I loved learning about the now unheard of industry of wet-nursing and the frightful business of unwed mothers' homes in the England of the past. Of course, there is also a sweet love story here. I heartily recommend this book--as well as Klassen's other work, The Apothecary's Daughter.

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