Victorian Psycho is a wonderfully grotesque and uniquely written work of historical fiction about a governess beginning a new job with the Pounds family. This one is short and not so sweet, and Feito's deftly detailed and wholly original writing style will knock your socks off. Her abnormally delicious way of describing events, both expected… Continue reading Review: Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
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Review: A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Amazon blurb: Drawing on the diaries of a midwife and healer in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier. I love reading old diaries,… Continue reading Review: A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812