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Olivia, Mourning (The Olivia Series Book 1) (English Edition) Formato Kindle

Edizione Inglese di Yael Politis (Autore) Formato: Formato Kindle
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Olivia wants the 80 acres in far off Michigan that her father left to whichever of his offspring might choose to stake a claim to that land. As Olivia says, “I'm sprung off him just as much as Avis or Tobey.”
The problem: she's seventeen, female, and it's 1841.
Her childhood friend Mourning Free knows how to work a farm and Olivia has complete trust in him.
The problem: he's the orphaned son of runaway slaves and reluctant to travel and work with a white girl. He especially fears the slave catchers who patrol the free states, hunting fugitive slaves.
Not without qualms, they set off together. All goes well, despite the drudgery of survival in an isolated log cabin. Incapable of acknowledging her feelings for Mourning, Olivia thinks her biggest problem is her unrequited romantic interest in their young, single neighbor.
Then her world falls apart.
Strong-willed, vulnerable, and compassionate, Olivia is a compelling protagonist on a journey to find a way to do the right thing in a world in which so much is wrong.

Readers respond to Olivia, Mourning
“This story is engaging from the outset. Beautifully written and thought provoking, the story of Olivia and her quest to better her life in a judgmental community in 1841 Pennsylvania is heart-rending. Olivia Killion is a girl who is ahead of her time, but with a backbone of steel. I warmed to her immediately, and loved the internal dialogue which clearly sets out her thoughts about her family and the community she lives in. I have given this story the highest points all round because of the caliber of the writing, the easy-to-warm-to voice telling the story, and the setting of time and place. A terrific read.” Valentina Hepburn, YouWriteOn Reviewer

“I thoroughly enjoyed every word of this story. It is satisfying, engaging, and very special. I strongly recommend it, and can't wait to read the next book.” Book Addict, Amazon Reviewer

“I admit I dislike being more or less compelled to buy another book in order to find out what happens. But this author makes herself utterly forgivable by writing so beautifully and compellingly. There's just enough detail about clothing, food, physical features, etc., that I can easily picture the people and their surroundings, and wish I could have a little of that fried venison myself. The descriptions of how Olivia feels at any given moment are so clear, and so believable.” Jajh, Amazon Reviewer

“What a wonderful book. As soon as I read a few pages, I was hooked and couldn’t put it down. It is well written and the historical details are spot on. If you like historical fiction with a bit of romance and heartbreak thrown in, you will love this. There is a sequel to this book, and it is just as good. Ms. Politis ended both of these books in a way that made me sad to see the book end, but anticipating the next installment in the series.”. Carolyn in Michigan, Amazon Reviewer

“... it's been a while since I've been so surprised and delighted at what is, after all, a relatively simple story. Olivia, Mourning is very well-written but at the same time the book is not “polished” or “predictable” – it has different cadences, very real dialog, and is all in all a lot more like real-life than most big-house published fiction. But real life with people who, for the most part, you want to know and to spend time with and who have interesting lives that you want to know more about. I immediately bought the 2nd in the series.” Elizabeth Sommers, Amazon Reviewer
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  1. Libro 1 di 5
    The Olivia Series
  2. Lunghezza stampa
    462 pagine
  3. Lingua
    Inglese
  4. Memo
    Su Kindle Scribe
  5. Data di pubblicazione
    20 gennaio 2014
  6. Dimensioni file
    5412 KB
  7. Scorri Pagina
    Abilitato
  8. Word Wise
    Abilitato
  9. Miglioramenti tipografici
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L'autore

Yael Politis grew up in Dearborn, Michigan, not far from Olivia’s farm. She spent years researching the backdrop for Olivia’s story, enjoying the challenge of recreating daily life in another time and place. She based many of the details (including how Mourning got his name) on letters and journals passed down through her family, over seven generations of lives lived in the American Midwest. She received a great deal of insight from her sister Martha, who lived in a modern log home, hunted her own land, and was as independent and stubborn as Olivia.

Since 1973 she has lived in Israel, where she has worked as an agricultural laborer, secretary, librarian, Administrative Systems Analyst, Hebrew-English translator, editor, English teacher, technical writer, and proposal writer.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00H0GYRT2
  • Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
  • Dimensioni file ‏ : ‎ 5412 KB
  • Utilizzo simultaneo di dispositivi ‏ : ‎ illimitato
  • Da testo a voce ‏ : ‎ Abilitato
  • Miglioramenti tipografici ‏ : ‎ Abilitato
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Abilitato
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Abilitato
  • Memo ‏ : ‎ Su Kindle Scribe
  • Lunghezza stampa ‏ : ‎ 462 pagine
  • Recensioni dei clienti:
    4,3 4,3 su 5 stelle 4.195 voti

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Mr. J. C. Swann
5,0 su 5 stelle Fascinating
Recensito in Francia il 2 maggio 2020
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I really wanted to do a review if this book to help the author succeed . Olivia is an intelligent, naive young lady, who has been trapped caring for her unpleasant sick father. When he dies she views her future with horror and chooses a path forward completely unexpected. The story is well written and described and has many twists & turns, some the reader couldn’t guess. Lots of historical details of Michigan and Detroit in the early 19th c as well as the underlying history of slavery. Shows the precariousness And lack of choice of a female’s life at that time. I have already bought book 2
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Silure Dumnonii
5,0 su 5 stelle Part one but don’t expect not to have to read part 2 if you want any kind of conclusion...
Recensito in Australia il 20 settembre 2020
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This was a thoroughly engaging read. The story was well researched and I loved the detail which brought the time and place to life. My only gripe was that the ending was not an ending, but felt almost like coercion to buy the next book (which I was going to anyway...) the ending was very abrupt and could have been better handled. Book 2 takes up immediately where the first one left off so tough luck for anyone trying to join the series in midstream!
The main premise of the story concerns entrenched racism and it’s saddening to feel that we haven’t made much progress in this regard, superficially perhaps but tokenism is certainly alive and well... and recent events in the U.S certainly suggest that there’s still a long way to go. In that regard the story is a very timely read...
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Sandra
5,0 su 5 stelle An excellent read!
Recensito in Canada il 3 aprile 2015
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This was an excellent read with enough of history, romance, and mystery to keep the reader always guessing what is going to happy next. It was not the typical fictional romance story where woman meets man and then the ending is easily predicted. Some parts of the story were hard to read, but still believable based on other historical books written in that day. The author also provided an excellent lead in to his Book 2 in the series. I enjoyed getting to know both Olivia and Mourning and definitely want to learn more about their lives in the next episode. Thanks for a good read.
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C. Yates
5,0 su 5 stelle Olivia, Mourning (notice Mourning is spelled like grieving)
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 8 febbraio 2015
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Olivia is a woman before her time. This historical novel is so compelling you won't be able to put it down from start to finish. The laws of the time play an important part in the works of Olivia and her family. The only answer for her to have a meaningful life is to leave the town,family and store she has known her whole life. She is a single woman (young girl actually) who makes a decision to go to a farm that can be hers by homesteading there. The setting is Michigan in the eighteen hundreds and details of the country and the way of life became alive and real. I found myself fearful Olivia would not take her adventure that life had offered her......however she DID!!

Mourning is a young man whose parents had died early on. He was a black boy in a small town and existed by doing jobs for anyone who would hire him often offering him a place to spend the night in the barn and have some food. Mourning became very skillful in many jobs learning what tool and how to use them. He and Olivia were friends from forever living in the town, knowing the same people, his working for her family. They trusted each other and could read each other....she actually taught him how to read and he did some teaching to her of how to read character in a person.

They left separately with plans to join up and go to the inherited farm together. The plan worked. I became very tired with all the work that was involved establishing the homestead. The cabin was practically torn down from neglect and so was the barn. Their strength pulled them through many days and much needed jobs. I won't go on from there with the story line but it is horrendous. I did not see it coming at all. It was a complete surprise what happened in the ending of the book BUT very typical of that time and place I am sure.

My book was downloaded from Amazon onto my Kindle and your must get yours right away and begin this read...you will find it fascinating. I am looking forward to the next book in the series. Yael Politis is a dynamite writer.
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Mik
5,0 su 5 stelle but I enjoyed this book so much I felt I had to ...
Recensito nel Regno Unito il 24 maggio 2016
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I don't often write reviews, but I enjoyed this book so much I felt I had to put something in writing. Olivia is an engaging young lady, who has spent her last few years looking after a sickly, ungrateful father. She is at a loss as to what to do with herself, and she is also very naive. The story takes a direction I certainly didn't expect, as at first everything goes as expected and it was starting to feel like a fairy tale. However, it is far from being a straightforward story, and I also loved the historical details of Michigan and Detroit in the early 19th c as well as the underlying history of slavery.
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