Alfred manages to mess things up pretty good for the knights protectors of The Sword. He spends the rest of the book redeeming himself. Pretty good story, some funny parts, the obligatory beheading, and a possible budding romance. I want to see what Alfred makes of himself.
Widow struggling to raise five children must deal with her prima-donna, as it were, teen daughter who is one of the step-sisters in the ballet Cinderella.
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"You'll be fine. Just try to stay clam." (pg. 18) -- Ancient Chinese saying? Or typo?
Ursula get smallpox while living in Montana at the stagecoach stop her parents manage. She has to overcome her anxiety about her scars. Nice little book.
The author has obviously spent a lot of energy constructing this story, but I don't have the energy to decipher it. Some parts I liked a lot (TAMMY, for one), but mostly I got lost in the text. I sure a lot of people will love this book, but it is not for me.
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"Holy Heinlein" I say. "What would I do without you?"