The Reading Cove houses the love of reading and provides a fun opportunity to share the passion with others!
by Glendy Vanderah
September 2023—Cove Pick #274
Chosen by winning Cove member:
Monica in Nebraska!
We read. We're fun. We're nice and cozy! We're an online book club with an international membership founded at Yahoo Groups in March 2000. We play games with our picks, produce a monthly podcast, interview guest authors, have special retreats—and we make reading together memorable and fun! Book addict? Join us!
THE SPLIT by Sharon Bolton 🍷 Cove Podcast: Episode #133
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*Spoilers abound. Podcast is for those who've read the book.
THE LOST APOTHECARY by Sarah Penner 🍷 Cove Podcast: Episode #132
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*Spoilers abound. Podcast is for those who've read the book.
★ Book Review ★ CROW MARY by Kathleen Grissom!
by Kathleen Grissom
Publication Date: June 6, 2023
Publisher: Atria Books
Paperback: 364 pages
Cove Member Monica Reviews:
In Crow Mary Kathleen Grissom introduces us to Goes First, a 19th-century Crow woman who marries a white man named Abe Farwell. Grissom shows what life was like for many Native American women of the time through the gallant and resilient wife of a fur trader.
The Cypress Hills massacre is seen through Mary's eyes, as she witnessed the carnage of the Nakoda and the unspeakable violation of its women. Mary was powerless to stop it, and it destroyed her husband and her marriage.
We also experience the justice system through the eyes of Crow Mary, witnessing the separation of children from their parents, bound for Indian schools. There is much for readers to learn from this well rendered story of Mary Farwell's life.
The author was kind enough to send our book club a galley for review, and I truly enjoyed reading this novel, getting to know the steadfast and courageous Mary Farwell, Goes First. I can highly recommend this book, along with the author's other memorable works, The Kitchen House and Glory Over Everything.
In Crow Mary Kathleen Grissom introduces us to Goes First, a 19th-century Crow woman who marries a white man named Abe Farwell. Grissom shows what life was like for many Native American women of the time through the gallant and resilient wife of a fur trader.
The Cypress Hills massacre is seen through Mary's eyes, as she witnessed the carnage of the Nakoda and the unspeakable violation of its women. Mary was powerless to stop it, and it destroyed her husband and her marriage.
We also experience the justice system through the eyes of Crow Mary, witnessing the separation of children from their parents, bound for Indian schools. There is much for readers to learn from this well rendered story of Mary Farwell's life.
The author was kind enough to send our book club a galley for review, and I truly enjoyed reading this novel, getting to know the steadfast and courageous Mary Farwell, Goes First. I can highly recommend this book, along with the author's other memorable works, The Kitchen House and Glory Over Everything.
Praise:
"Crow Mary is a richly detailed story of a woman caught between two cultures. You’ll be captivated by Mary’s strength and determination as she struggles to save her family and her people from destruction. A compassionate and deeply satisfying novel." —Sandra Dallas, New York Times best-selling author
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WEST WITH GIRAFFES by Lynda Rutledge 🍷 Cove Podcast: Episode #131
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*Spoilers abound. Podcast is for those who've read the book.
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