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The Right-Hand Shore (2012)

by Christopher Tilghman(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0374203482 (ISBN13: 9780374203481)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

review 1: Maryland's eastern shore was already a divided place as the Civil War had it's white citizen aligned with both the North and the South. This novel looks backward at the time between the end of the war and the turn of the century. Optimism and pessimism exist side-by-side as the decades evolve. Freed slaves anticipate a future that is not be full-filled. The writing is so descriptive that one can almost smell the peaches ripening in the sun. The author crafts a complex environment for both the owners of Mason's Retreat and the families who work there.
review 2: The story starts as an interesting story about a woman attempting to find a male heir to inherit the legacy of The Retreat, a huge enclave in Maryland. The woman is dying of cancer, and before she... more reaches her decision, the reader journeys into the history of the house and land. The trek becomes tedious, and the reader quickly loses interest and wanders misty-eyed in the haze of endless characters. I felt the book would hold hidden merits and therefore attempted to keep to the path. The reading proved to be an exercise in futility. less

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