Lynda C. (Readnmachine) reviewed on 6/20/2018 + 1474 more book reviews

Historical fiction centering on two remarkable American women of the 19th Century -- Louisa May Alcott and Clara Barton.

O'Brien ties the two together with a fictional character, Susan Gray, who accompanies Alcott when she worked as a nurse in Washington, DC, during the Civil War, then later works with Barton in her unflagging efforts to identify the Civil War dead.

Both Alcott and Barton are crisply and believably drawn; however one does wish that somewhere along the way an editor would have picked up O'Brien's confusion between coal and kohl, as it was repeatedly jarring to read how Barton "outlined her eyes with coal".

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