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A review by carolpk
Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit, Volume 4 by Amy Stewart
Miss Kopp won't quit and neither will you as you continue turning the pages in this fourth captivating episode of Amy Stewart's popular Kopp Sisters Novels. Look for it at your favorite book vendor or library September 18, 2018. Thank you Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Edelweiss, and Author, Amy Stewart for the opportunity to read Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit prior to its publication.
The strong female characters and historical accuracy in era, mores and locale continue to make this series engaging reading. As the series takes you back to the early years of the twentieth century you can't help but note the differences in time with sprinklings of things that remain. Only woe is we'll have to wait a bit for the next adventure, but some interesting changes seem on the horizon for Constance and her sisters, Norma and Fleurette.
There are several story lines to follow as Constance Kopp goes about her daily business as the only female deputy and matron in the Hackensack, NJ jail. My primary interest and seemingly most important theme this outing was the order of a judge to commit the wife of a prominent citizen to an asylum without due cause let alone an examination by a physician. This issue, a way to lock up unwanted women has been explored in other fiction. Deputy Kopp takes this malpractice to the another level when she intervenes on the woman's behalf. You know this is not going to sit well with the powers that be. The political aspirations not so much of Sheriff Heath, but of his wife, Cordelia, were a close second in keeping me entertained.
My interest in genealogy was piqued when reading an article that explains the inspiration for this series based on fact but woven smartly into fiction. While fact checking information about a gin smuggler, Henry Kaufman for her novel The Drunken Botanist. Finding an article in the NY times about a Henry Kaufman leads her to the Kopps. Using an Ancestry.com account she beings to research the Kopp family tree and the rest is history and historical fiction about the sisters is born. You can read the whole article Publisher Weekly-Finding Fiction in Facts: Amy Stewart
. You never know where genealogy will take you.
The strong female characters and historical accuracy in era, mores and locale continue to make this series engaging reading. As the series takes you back to the early years of the twentieth century you can't help but note the differences in time with sprinklings of things that remain. Only woe is we'll have to wait a bit for the next adventure, but some interesting changes seem on the horizon for Constance and her sisters, Norma and Fleurette.
There are several story lines to follow as Constance Kopp goes about her daily business as the only female deputy and matron in the Hackensack, NJ jail. My primary interest and seemingly most important theme this outing was the order of a judge to commit the wife of a prominent citizen to an asylum without due cause let alone an examination by a physician. This issue, a way to lock up unwanted women has been explored in other fiction. Deputy Kopp takes this malpractice to the another level when she intervenes on the woman's behalf. You know this is not going to sit well with the powers that be. The political aspirations not so much of Sheriff Heath, but of his wife, Cordelia, were a close second in keeping me entertained.
My interest in genealogy was piqued when reading an article that explains the inspiration for this series based on fact but woven smartly into fiction. While fact checking information about a gin smuggler, Henry Kaufman for her novel The Drunken Botanist. Finding an article in the NY times about a Henry Kaufman leads her to the Kopps. Using an Ancestry.com account she beings to research the Kopp family tree and the rest is history and historical fiction about the sisters is born. You can read the whole article Publisher Weekly-Finding Fiction in Facts: Amy Stewart
. You never know where genealogy will take you.