A review by texreader
Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is a fictional account of the lives of Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife Fanny, told from her perspective. I’ve tried unsuccessfully to read Treasure Island, and really don’t have any great desire to read his books. Even so, this book was fascinating! It explored his very sickly life and his very independent wife who quite literally saved him by taking to the high seas despite her awful sea sickness. And it’s a story of Fanny’s own traumatic life experiences and frightening health scare. Ultimately, moving again and again to find a place where RLS will not just survive but thrive, they build a home in Samoa. This was a well-written and very interesting novel that I highly recommend even for those who are not RLS fans.