A review by jhq
Harriet Wolf's Seventh Book of Wonders by Julianna Baggott
5.0
Famous author and notorious recluse Harriet Wolf is rumored to have a long-lost manuscript, the seventh and final book in her famed series — and if it exists, it just may hold the key to her ultimate confession posthumously.
Told from the perspectives of each of the four Wolf women (Harriet, the matriarch of the family, her daughter Eleanor, and her granddaughters Tilton and Ruth) and spanning three generations in narration, this book is astounding -- a heartrending story of love, loss, and redemption and explores the complicated yet sacred nature of mother-daughter relationships.
I don't want to give anything away but I savored every page of this book and cried as I read the last four chapters. It’s a beautifully written story with complicated characters and vivid, lush prose. No review can really do the experience of reading this book justice. I cannot urge you strongly enough to read it for yourself.
Told from the perspectives of each of the four Wolf women (Harriet, the matriarch of the family, her daughter Eleanor, and her granddaughters Tilton and Ruth) and spanning three generations in narration, this book is astounding -- a heartrending story of love, loss, and redemption and explores the complicated yet sacred nature of mother-daughter relationships.
I don't want to give anything away but I savored every page of this book and cried as I read the last four chapters. It’s a beautifully written story with complicated characters and vivid, lush prose. No review can really do the experience of reading this book justice. I cannot urge you strongly enough to read it for yourself.