![]() ![]() Beautiful, moving letters, the like of which we listened to on Ken Burns’ The Civil War, enthralled. ![]() ![]() The protagonists, Theo and Margaret, were seasoned, a couple taking a second-chance at love and commitment, working out old hurts and antagonisms, separation, loss, anxiety, and … drumroll, please … correspondence. Witness Special Interest s‘ opening line: ” ‘Oh good, it’s not too crowded.’ ” Less élan, wouldn’t you say, dear reader? The historical context of Brave In Heart was a winning canvas to hero and heroine, Theo and Margaret: the American Civil War, life and death, men leaving, women left behind, a nation rent. Special Interests, set amidst the divisive, acrimonious politics of present-day Washington DC, took longer to win her loyalty, but win it it did. Brave In Heart captured Miss Bates’ love and interest from its opening sentence: ” ‘I wish to release you from our engagement.’ ” Dramatic, succinct, utterly hook-able. She was happy to see that some were disappointed that Barry wasn’t a Rita mention this year, as she deserved to be. Emma Barry’s Brave In Heart was one of Miss Bates’ favourite 2013 reads. ![]()
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