A vibrant story that transported me through time to a small mining community on Crag Street in England.

We follow that stories of Rita and George who both want nothing more than to get out of the monotonous and rough life of the mining town.  Both residents of Crag Street, George and Rita's lives become intertwined when they are children.  We follow them throughout the years as Rita becomes an ambitious business woman and George leads the miner's union.

The story flows nicely through several decades  and wonderfully written characters fill the book; the wives and mothers who spend all day collecting gossip were just right! George and Rita quickly become characters you root for, even as they make their mistakes. 

This book was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.

A fictional account of a real woman living in the mid-1800's who left her house one day dressed as a man and continued to live as a man named Joseph Lobdell.

While fictional, the author intended this to be a memoir that Lucy Ann/Joseph intended to write but never got around to. It is obvious that a lot of research was done and the story felt real.

I had never heard of Lucy Ann Lobdell and was excited to learn her story. The author did a wonderful job of showing Lucy/Joseph's personal journey through finding herself. You are taken through the uncertainty of being a woman dressed as a man, of living as a man and loving a woman and the tragedy of having the life you have created come crashing down around you.

An intriguing story of a real woman who should have a more prominent place in history and within the Women's Rights Movement.

The book was received for free from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.