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January 07, 2013
Hungry-for-Good-Books Names Best Historical Fiction Book for 2012
Well known blogger, Trina Hayes, of “Hungry for Good Books?” has picked The Lighthouse Road by Peter Geye as the best Historical Fiction novel of 2012.
Hayes’ motivation for publishing the list is in paying tribute to her grandmother and her diaries from 1906. Her write-up on The Lighthouse Road is as follows:
Norwegian immigrant Thea’s journey to the United States in 1893, her experiences as a cook in a lumber camp, a brutal attack, bone-chilling cold, and the birth of her baby Odd (pronounced Ode) in 1896 are evocative enough to warrant an award but it’s Odd’s life in the small Minnesota town of his birth that made this novel soar for me. Odd, his guardian and his ward, his friend Danny Riverfish and the boundary waters town that reared him will permeate the soul of any reader. The ending will also provide fodder for spirited book club discussions - perhaps while enjoying a bite of floating island and a cup of Posset Punch. I’ve begged author Geye for a sequel and a novel about the Riverfish family.
To read the entire article on “Hungry for Good Books?”, Click Here
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