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Julie, Reviewer for Ecataromance.com, Oct 2006
A spellbinding tale reminiscent of the novels of Catherine Cookson
and Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance.
and Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance.
Connie, Reviewer for Once Upon a Romance.com, Oct 2006
I can very easily see Kitty McKenzie, the saga of her and her family, as a
PBS mini series.
PBS mini series.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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A heartwarming story
Kitty McKenzie is a delightful, heartwarming story which begins in the year 1864. Kitty, as well as her brothers and sisters are left penniless and homeless when their parents die. The family situation, going from servants and large house to hunger and fending for themselves is poignantly portrayed by the author as Kitty takes on the responsibility of caring for all. York, England is the locale--the poor area which is where Kitty and her siblings must now live. How Kitty manages to survive, keeping her family together, being parent and breadwinner engages the reader from the beginning. The author's knowledge of the era and her skill with words made me feel their cold, hunger, and disgust at their surroundings. I kept thinking about Dickens.
What I liked most about the story was Kitty's spirit, how she chose to improve her situation, time and time again, instead of whining and crying against fate. She also reacted realistically to events, family disappointments, love and tragedy.
Anne Whitfield has written a very good story, one I highly recommend. I look forward to the sequel, Kitty McKenzie's Land.
Kitty McKenzie is a delightful, heartwarming story which begins in the year 1864. Kitty, as well as her brothers and sisters are left penniless and homeless when their parents die. The family situation, going from servants and large house to hunger and fending for themselves is poignantly portrayed by the author as Kitty takes on the responsibility of caring for all. York, England is the locale--the poor area which is where Kitty and her siblings must now live. How Kitty manages to survive, keeping her family together, being parent and breadwinner engages the reader from the beginning. The author's knowledge of the era and her skill with words made me feel their cold, hunger, and disgust at their surroundings. I kept thinking about Dickens.
What I liked most about the story was Kitty's spirit, how she chose to improve her situation, time and time again, instead of whining and crying against fate. She also reacted realistically to events, family disappointments, love and tragedy.
Anne Whitfield has written a very good story, one I highly recommend. I look forward to the sequel, Kitty McKenzie's Land.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Set in York, England, November 1864 you are introduced to the very sad displaced family in which Katherine McKenzine, age 21 has now become the official head of her six siblings. Losing their parents and sister to typhoid was bad. Discovering that because of a total disregard of financial planning they were up to their ears in debt leaving them not only mourning their parents and a life was once filled with comfort and plenty to one of insecurity and hunger was even worse. After selling everything to settle what family debts they could, they now had no home, very little in the way of possessions, and very little money. As the eldest it would be up to Kitty to keep the family together and out of the workhouse. It was a overwhelming task for one so young but one in which this very brave and strong lass would overcome with hard work and ingenuity to rise like a phoenix out of the ashes.
*** This was a short but a well written read that captured me from the very beginning. Kitty McKenzie was a marvelous character that positively glowed by being extremely well developed and one, which the reader will cheer as she struggled to keep her family together with strength and dignity. Her many brothers and sisters were used in the story judiciously giving the story both momentum and balance, but the endearing friendship she made with Max and Connie Spencer as almost surrogate parents added some poignant moments that were endearingly beautiful and emotionally charged. Kitty's struggles overcoming one hurdle after another were inspiring and her eventual love interest with Ben Kingsley was sweet though not without problems considering his witchy mother. Whitfield writes with intelligence, warmth and compassion and while leaving you satisfied with one chapter of Kitty's life completed, makes you hunger for the sequel to see where the next chapter of her journey takes you. This is a lovely story I highly recommend.
Marilyn Rondeau, RIO - Reviewers International Organization
*** This was a short but a well written read that captured me from the very beginning. Kitty McKenzie was a marvelous character that positively glowed by being extremely well developed and one, which the reader will cheer as she struggled to keep her family together with strength and dignity. Her many brothers and sisters were used in the story judiciously giving the story both momentum and balance, but the endearing friendship she made with Max and Connie Spencer as almost surrogate parents added some poignant moments that were endearingly beautiful and emotionally charged. Kitty's struggles overcoming one hurdle after another were inspiring and her eventual love interest with Ben Kingsley was sweet though not without problems considering his witchy mother. Whitfield writes with intelligence, warmth and compassion and while leaving you satisfied with one chapter of Kitty's life completed, makes you hunger for the sequel to see where the next chapter of her journey takes you. This is a lovely story I highly recommend.
Marilyn Rondeau, RIO - Reviewers International Organization
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I really enjoyed this tale of Kitty McKenzie, who is a gritty little heroine but realistic, funny and sad as well. Although you could say it's in the style of Catherine Cookson, I believe Anne Whitfield has a style all her own and I'm looking forward to her next book.
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