![]() ![]() " Nancy Rawles took a classic novel and extracted a few facts from it. Reminds us again of the power of love under almost unimaginable conditions AND how very small treasures can keep us connected and perhaps sane. " Finished reading this short novel focusing on Sadie during slavery and her connection to Jim (Huckleberry Finn). " A retelling of the Huck Finn story from the perspective of Jim's wife Sadie. A voice-filled, compelling, female look at the Twain classics. ![]() It's not amazing by any stretch of the imagination, but a good solid story that stands completely on its own (um, as evidenced by the fact that I've never actually read Huckleberry Finn). ![]() This is the story of Sadie, the unnamed wife of Jim from Huckleberry Finn. Regardless of whether or not I even read the original, that concept just intrigues me all over the place. " I can almost always be lured into a book that was written because the author decided to extract a minor character from a classic literary work and tell their story. Writing was fantastic and truthful to the time during our country's history. This adaptation of the character Jim (from Huck Finn by Mark Twain) expanded the life of this character and was told from the point of view of his wife, Sadie Watson. ![]() " Book for SPL Tuesday book club for March 2009.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |