Book Reviews/A Writing Journey
Category: Other 5 out of 5s
In 1700s Venice, Luisa, Anetta and Rosalba live in an orphanage, renowned for its musical program. Antonio Vivaldi is their music tutor who prepares them for a concert that is often a way to attract a husband for one of the artists. But will the sheltered life within the orphanage prepare them for the outside world?
This is a novel that blends fact with fiction. A young woman is writing her Ph.D on both Daphne du Maurier and the Brontes. Daphne, famous for her memorable books — Rebecca, Jamaica Inn and The Birds, finds her life in a downward spiral after her marriage fails. She lives out the remainder of her life in Cornwall, and the researcher uncovers secrets that make this an enthralling mystery.
When Mala Ramchandin, suspected of murder, arrives on a stretcher at Paradise’s alms house, the only male nurse, Tyler, is given his first assignment. With Mala’s slow recovery, Tyler learns about her extraordinary life on the Caribbean island.
In the late 1800s with the support of her father, Mitza Maric leaves her Eastern European home to study physics and math at the Polytechnic in Zurich. She is the only woman in her class where only Albert Einstein, a young student, befriends her. Mtiza is ambitious and a gifted math student, but when she becomes pregnant, her dreams are slowly shattered.
This fascinating tale based on research, makes us question how much of Einstein’s discoveries are accredited to the wrong scientist?
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