Patricia Gallagher (1)
Auteur van Castles in the Air
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Werken van Patricia Gallagher
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 20th Century
- Geslacht
- female
- Geboorteplaats
- Lockhart, Texas, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Opleiding
- Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
- Organisaties
- Romance Writers of America
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 14
- Leden
- 111
- Populariteit
- #175,484
- Waardering
- 3.3
- Besprekingen
- 3
- ISBNs
- 29
- Talen
- 2
Married Curtis can't forget Devon and rescues her from her latest job as one of the "birds" in a cage at a notorious saloon and unwilling to fight him any longer Devon agrees to become Curtis' mistress (his wife is an invalid, or is she just pretending to be paralyzed?) and as much as he'd like to he cannot marry Devon. The book continues with the ups and downs of their relationship and Devon's involvement in different circles of New York society, dirty politics, emancipation for women, and more. Eventually Devon does obtain a job as a journalist reporting for the women's section of a local paper and she is able to take further that job as she is assigned as one of the many female reporters following the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant from the viewpoint of Mrs. Grant and the social whirl of Washington DC.
Although the basic premise of the storyline sounds like your basic historical romance, and at times it did seem to take on a soap opera/TV mini series type of quality, I have to give the author credit for including a great deal of historical facts and characters. In addition to being entertained with a good story, I obtained a wonderful inside peek at the people and history of late 19C politics with it's dirty politicians, social scandals, railroad barons, the social mores of the day and more as Devon must ultimately decide between her love for Keith and their son or her independence to strike out on a new life that she can live without secrecy or fear of discovery and scandal. The ending definitely left an opening for more of Devon's story and I'd dearly like to know if she continued this in her other books. Four stars.
**Edited -- Gallagher did continue Devon's story in two subsequent books. No Greater Love and On Wings Of Dreams.… (meer)