Author: Jennifer Chiaverini
Published: June 2nd 2020 by William Morrow
Format: eBook, Hardcover, 336 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
I came away from this book with a completely different understanding when it came to the stories that I had heard about Mary Todd Lincoln. History tells us of her mental illness but never went into detail regarding how after the death of her sons, and her husband’s murder while sitting next to her at the theater, unhinged a woman who had already shown symptoms.
Divided when Mary's son Robert had her committed, Elizabeth, Frances, and Ann never lost focus on what was best for their sister. Told in a non-linear format, in the voices of the Todd sisters, Jennifer Chiaverini takes the reader through the life of Mary Todd Lincoln and how through births, deaths, estrangements, and misfortunes, their bonds and devotion remained strong.
Though historical fiction, the author brings time, place, and the women to life without bogging the reader down in the unnecessary or overstatement since the circumstances are thought-provoking enough.
Divided when Mary's son Robert had her committed, Elizabeth, Frances, and Ann never lost focus on what was best for their sister. Told in a non-linear format, in the voices of the Todd sisters, Jennifer Chiaverini takes the reader through the life of Mary Todd Lincoln and how through births, deaths, estrangements, and misfortunes, their bonds and devotion remained strong.
Though historical fiction, the author brings time, place, and the women to life without bogging the reader down in the unnecessary or overstatement since the circumstances are thought-provoking enough.
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