Our group thought this book was "Ok" overall. Some members of the group really enjoyed the historical novel while others had trouble getting caught by the story, since it was a bit slow to start. However, those that read the whole book thought it was much better later in the book. This was a good book to discuss using the reading guide questions.

Her other 5 books also sound interesting, particularly her new one.. The Rose Of Sebastopol July 07.

Questions for the author..

http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/QandA.aspx?id=12392&catID=0

Each year our group rates the books we have read for the past year. This was voted the best for last year, but is definetly one of the our top favorites of the past seven years. Jeannette Walls is an inspiration. Hopefully, in todays society a family like this would have been caught before they fell.