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grandmama61's review against another edition
3.0
I have both the Kindle Edition and the Hardcover First Edition. My hardcover was signed and inscribed by Cokie Roberts and it was also signed by her mother, Lindy Boggs. This was a Christmas gift to me from Melissa.
kmthomas06's review
4.0
I was impressed with the tone of this book - it was more like I was having a conversation about the history of the founding mothers than simply reading a bunch of linked stories. The only problem I had was she would sometimes leave a woman for too long and I would forget who she was talking about when she returned to finish the story. Other than that, I thought it was a very approachable and humorous account of our founding mothers.
mrscaew's review against another edition
3.0
I really enjoyed this book! I didn’t like the last chapter or two quite as much, it felt more extraneous (I liked the core Revolutionary topics much more). Would love to include this in a homeschool history course.
buddy524's review
2.0
I'm glad I read this as it has been on my to read list for a while, but I am disappointed in it. I enjoyed Roberts' Capital Dames but this book did not seem to work for me. The structure and organization was a big disjointed and hard to fully immerse myself in the book since Roberts tried to cram too much in.
gingamage's review
2.0
While I understand the chronological organization of this book, it would have been much easier to follow if the chapters had be set up on a per person basis.
maryanneross's review
A tedious read, rather dry. But informative and well researched.
jmrprice's review against another edition
4.0
Short biographical sketches that fill gaps of what you may know about the founding of our country.
Thankful these women wrote letters!
Thankful these women wrote letters!
schofield24's review
1.0
I was excited to read this when we chose it for a book club selection one year. However, it was quite a disappointment to me. I think I didn't even finish it. Cokie Roberts' writing style was both rambling and repetitive; she was attempting to link together the "founding mothers" through their letters and journals, but there was no clear direction in the narrative and I found myself feeling like I had just read the same thing several pages previously, or wondering what was the point of it all. There were some interesting bits of history to glean from the book, but in the end I felt like I really didn't learn anything about the women of the colonial period as I wanted to do.