As I anticipated, the most recent book I read in the American Family Portrait Series (as showcased here) was not as good at the first 6. And I just found out there's one more, but the jacket blurb sounds better than this one. The setting for The Peacemakers is the 1960's, the assassination of Bobby Kennedy, the war in Vietnam and the protests in America over it's involvement in that war. It is a time of hippies and free love and peace protests, not a particular point in history that overly excites me. Still, the writing is good, and despite my lack of interest in the 60's, the author still kept my interest. The characters are intriguing and likeable, even though I don't like their lifestyles and choices (protests of any kind tend to disgust me). I could go into more detail about this book, but I'll just leave it at that and hopefully I'll be able to get my hands on the final book, The Guardians, soon.
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Nothing to do with this book review, I just noticed that you are currently reading "The Memory Keeper's Daughter". I am excited to read your review of that book, as I found it fascinating. It's hard for me to say I love a book when there is so much tragedy and heart-break in it, but it's such a real and raw book and I did "enjoy" reading it!
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