Shawna Hunter’s Reviews > No Safe Harbour: The Halifax Explosion Diary of Charlotte Blackburn > Status Update
Shawna Hunter
is on page 93 of 240
Well I've just completed the Dec. 6th entry and had to stop to cry and google if Charlotte Blackburn was a real person just to remind myself of what was made clear by the all-too-timely references she makes. Flander's Fields. I can't help but wonder how I'd feel to have my child go through that.
— May 18, 2017 05:57PM
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Shawna Hunter
is on page 23 of 240
Charlotte's story is concluded and now all that is left is the historical notes. I keep crying, damn it I'm an adult. I know the history. I've held items from WW1 and spoken to my father (born 1939) who knew many a vet well. Yet something about this book made it all so much more real. I wish Charlotte was real so I could lay flowers at her grave.
— Jun 20, 2017 07:33AM
Shawna Hunter
is on page 164 of 240
Imagine a baseball bat made of sadness. The author seems to have created one and is randomly lurking on different pages ready to give you a good wack with it. The rest of the time she builds a false sense of security so you'll cry harder on the next hit. It's great.
— Jun 05, 2017 01:19PM
Shawna Hunter
is on page 25 of 240
I'm on the entry from Oct. 14, 1917 but it's so hard to read. A sweet child with such heavy burdens on her mind already and Dec. 6th getting closer with every page. Part of me wants to skip ahead but another part wants to take my time so that I can appreciate the impact of those events.
— May 08, 2017 12:16PM
