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A review by librarydancer
A Star for Mrs. Blake by April Smith
5.0
This is an extremely enjoyable, fascinating book about the journey one WWI Gold Star Mom takes (funded by the US Government) to visit her son's grave in France in the 1930's.
The beginning of the book was a little slow, but once the journey to France began, the story became engaging and very moving. There are many twists, but all seem realistic to the story.
Small things make this story so moving -- a mom who has lost 2 boys being thankful that her youngest son having polio so he will never be able to fight in a war, racial disparities, a young woman being forced to give up a career as soon as she marries, and the inside look at women of different classes and backgrounds all together for a common purpose.
Other reviews on this site comment about the language -- there was nothing in this book that I could tell.
Highly recommended.
The beginning of the book was a little slow, but once the journey to France began, the story became engaging and very moving. There are many twists, but all seem realistic to the story.
Small things make this story so moving -- a mom who has lost 2 boys being thankful that her youngest son having polio so he will never be able to fight in a war, racial disparities, a young woman being forced to give up a career as soon as she marries, and the inside look at women of different classes and backgrounds all together for a common purpose.
Other reviews on this site comment about the language -- there was nothing in this book that I could tell.
Highly recommended.