A Great Book

A number of months ago I sent out a facebook message asking for great book suggestions from people and got a number of them. I've VERY slowly been making my way through them. Most recently I picked up Keeping the House by Ellen Baker (one of the suggestions) and started in. I was pretty confident that I would like it because of the source of the suggestion but I didn't expect I would like it as much as I have.



I'm almost half way through it, if not for my head forcing me to put it down I wouldn't be able to put it down. Definitely the best book I've read in a long time.


It is a novel that follows the stories of a couple women, living in the same town. One is from the late 1800s and early 1900s and the other is during the 1950s. They were both struggling housewives - well written and very colorful housewives. Being a sort of accidental housewife I find the book both interesting and on some levels relate-able.

I don't know if any of you love to read or are looking for something new, but if you are, I would highly recommend this one.