![]() ![]() ![]() When her sister, Grace, is persuaded by her fiancé that they should move to America, Honor decides she must go with her, not only to support her sister, but to escape the oppression of her situation and have some chance of making a life for herself. This was not only a scandal but it left Honor distraught and in a very difficult position. ![]() She has led a modest and sheltered life, but her world was turned upside down when her fiancé left her and their close-knit Quaker community for another woman. ![]() Honor Bright, our main character is a young Quaker woman from Dorset in England. The Last Runaway is set in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century when parts of the country were only just being settled. One thing that is so impressive about Chevalier is how beautifully she creates the historical setting: the two novels I have read so far have been set in 17 th century Holland and 15 th century Paris and Brussels and I can only begin to imagine the amount of research she has to undertake. I have since picked up Virgin Blue from my local secondhand bookshop so that will be next on my list. It’s only my third Tracy Chevalier novel, but each time I read her I just want more! I read Girl with a Pearl Earring years ago when it was first published and then The Lady and the Unicorn a year or so ago, which I thought was wonderful. This was one of my holidays reads and one of two books my book club chose for our summer break. ![]()
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