Barbara Burrell > Recent Status Updates

Fantastic book so far. Great insight into the TB illness. Must return book to library, only at page 290. Will continue to finish later and write full critique.

The number of pages are 283, not 304 first of all.

This Canada Reads 2025 novel has 262 pages, not 336 like Goodreads is suggesting.

Mind blowing that this has been going on since...1960's, 1970's? Disgusting business. Greed, lust, more greed, drug addiction everywhere, death.

It's a great story! I'm trying to guess. How it will end for the estranged Tess. Will Angel come to her rescue in her time of need? Maybe she won't take him back now. What about the Alec D'Urbervilles? Is he still a scoundrel at heart or can he offer them all a home?

So far I'd like to know if family members go together for a sauna, are they actually naked? I don't think that would work. I mean, seeing Mom and Dad naked by their children or teenagers?

It's a very hard read. An ugly life for Helen.

Heartbreaking to read about this 6 year old girl, beaten and whipped almost daily and blamed for her parents' domestic fighting.

Takes place in Athens, something new for me in a novel setting. A fun and interesting read so far.