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Avon, Nov 2001, 6.99, 384 pp.
ISBN: 0380815699
In 1860, her mom died from the wasting disease two weeks ago in Limerick and now twelve years old Mary Margaret Quinn knows her world is over even as she is presently in Baltimore. However, a guardian angel arrives in the form of Father Hugh Fitzhugh, who gently takes the lass with him so she can live at St. Columbia's orphanage. Hugh promises to teach Mary how to play the harp if she provides him lessons on her fiddle.
Fourteen years later, Maggie still lives in the orphanage, but now helps with the children. She especially feels an affinity to a frightened Clare. Civil War veteran Gordon Kincaid arrives at the orphanage looking for his lost daughter. He only recently learned that he had a child. The girl turns out to be Clare, who he wants to bring home with him. He pleads with Maggie to accompany them because she is the only person to connect with Clare. She agrees and soon Maggie's compassion reaches inside Gordon, who once disavowed love, but now struggles to tell her all that he feels for her.
Using a powerfully vivid backdrop of the Reconstruction Era, THE NIGHTINGALE'S SONG is a wonderful historical romance starring three incredibly developed individuals who each steal apart of the reader's heart. The story line sings as the audience finds they want this couple to make it and for Clare to obtain happiness. Because the cast is so human, sub-genre fans will want to see Clare's tale told too from Kathleen Eschenburg.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of story
- 19th century
Seduction/coercion/force
Yes
Inner struggle subplot
Yes
Struggle with...
- angst over past traitorous lover
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive
Yes
Children/Pregnancy
Yes
Children/Pregnancy:
- kid(s) make adults sensitive
Who seduces whom?
- mutual seduction
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- small businessman
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- teacher
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
What % of story is romance related?
- 80%
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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