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A review by soobooksalot
Bluebird by Genevieve Graham
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Genevieve Graham's newest has taken the top spot of favourites among hers.
Which is saying something, as all her books are so noteworthy.
But Bluebird is a standout.
Thank you to Simon & Schuster Canada and Netgalley for my eARC for review.
Adele Savard is a nurse on the frontlines of World War I in Belgium. It's there that she meets Jerry, a wounded soldier who works his with his brother as a tunneller. They literally dug beneath the trenches for attacks on the Germans.
Once home, each finds their own struggles of re-entering society in Windsor, Ontario. The height of prohibition sees Jerry and brother John start up Bailey Brothers' Best Whisky, and the danger that exists in the world of rum-running.
The stories are told in alternating chapters between Adele, Jerry, and present-day Cassie; a museum curator who happens upon a stash of the brother's bottles and investigates the history.
As with all of Genevieve's books, she brings alive elements of our past that I was previously unaware of, with an undercurrent of romance.
Depicting the realities of war on the perhaps little-known nursing experience elevated this read to an easy five-stars for me.
Recommended!
For release on April 5.
Which is saying something, as all her books are so noteworthy.
But Bluebird is a standout.
Thank you to Simon & Schuster Canada and Netgalley for my eARC for review.
Adele Savard is a nurse on the frontlines of World War I in Belgium. It's there that she meets Jerry, a wounded soldier who works his with his brother as a tunneller. They literally dug beneath the trenches for attacks on the Germans.
Once home, each finds their own struggles of re-entering society in Windsor, Ontario. The height of prohibition sees Jerry and brother John start up Bailey Brothers' Best Whisky, and the danger that exists in the world of rum-running.
The stories are told in alternating chapters between Adele, Jerry, and present-day Cassie; a museum curator who happens upon a stash of the brother's bottles and investigates the history.
As with all of Genevieve's books, she brings alive elements of our past that I was previously unaware of, with an undercurrent of romance.
Depicting the realities of war on the perhaps little-known nursing experience elevated this read to an easy five-stars for me.
Recommended!
For release on April 5.
Moderate: Death, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail