Every once in a while you come across a book so exquisite, words fail you. Today I started reading Caroline: Little House, Revisited by Sarah Miller and I am in awe. She is a beautiful writer, a bold one, taking on the voice of her character. She inhabits Caroline--Ma Ingalls--of the Little House books so perfectly, I'm lost in her. If you loved the Little House books, you will love Caroline.I learned about Sarah when she used to hang out on the Blueboards, a generous contributor. Sarah's first book was Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller in Annie Sullivan's voice. I loved Helen's autobiography so it was a joy to read from Annie's POV. This is Sarah's strength--to immerse herself completely in the person she's writing about, truly bringing history to life.
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Oh, wow.
I used to buy a lot of BB published books back when it was an intimate (sort of) candid virtual water-cooler. I felt the best way to support a writer who was contributing to my processional education and well-being was to buy their book. I had three shelves worth. I still have many of them, and should go back to read some I didn't get to.
I also have a lot of BB books but I'd lost track of Sarah after her second book on the Romanovs. I saw in PW she had a new book about conjoined twins so immediately went to the library to see what else she had and found Caroline. Buying it too!
We've come a long way, no? I saw that Ruta Sepetys's first book Between Shades of Gray is now a movie. She's another who's written beautiful books. My favorite is the book set in New Orleans.
I do miss the old BB...such a sense of community back then, and very active. It's always nice to fall into a good book.
Yes, there are a lot of new people so the community is evolving but there are still quite a few of us old-timers there. I'm savoring Caroline so much I won't have to feel bad when it's time to return it, I have my own copy now :)
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