I really loved this book, it is definitely one of my favourite books of the year. Rosie Goodwin writes such good family sagas that you can't help but be drawn into the story from the very first page. This book was the fourth book in the days of the week series inspired by the saying Wednesdays child is full of woe and Nessie is the main character and she is a really strong character with all she has to cope with all through the years. In the 1860s we see the young family torn apart by a tragedy, Nessie, her brother Reuban, younger sister Marcie and baby Joseph are left to fend for themselves after their mother is brutally murdered. Nessie is the stronger girl and it's up to her to keep the family together, housed and fed whilst her sister is more interested in becoming "a lady". No spoilers here but this heartwarming story will warm your heart as you learn all that happens to this little family.
Although this book is part of a series, you can certainly enjoy it even if you have not read the previous books and I would have given it more than five stars if I could have done. I loved it, loved it.
Although this book is part of a series, you can certainly enjoy it even if you have not read the previous books and I would have given it more than five stars if I could have done. I loved it, loved it.