The Typewriter Girl by J.L. JarvisMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
A bit more romantic and dramatic than what I tend to read and enjoy. Were there ever a story set in the early 20th century that was fit to air on Jerry Springer, The Typewriter Girl might just be it! A runaway heiress, memories of the Yukon gold-rush, a undesired engagement, a forbidden and sinful love, a crazy stepmother, an insane asylum. All capped off with a happy ending. I read the entirety of the story, but it's far from something I'd pick up and read again.
A few passages did, however stand out:
"The great gift of life and of wonder beyond clung to us and bound us together. Here we were, all on a quest for our own selfish hunger for wealth, and yet, in an instant everyone stopped and thought only of others." (location 297)
"Fletcher Van Elden was a friend of the sort on has in small towns, more from habit than choice. Elsewhere they may not have been close, but childhood and the years since had made them almost like family." (location 669)
"Her heart would have been safe with him. Safe from desire." (location 935)
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A few other notes:
I don't have much to add other than read about half of this while fighting off the worst cold ever: fever, cough, chills, aches, dull-never-ceasing headache.
(Typed having recently finished a tall glass of banana honey smoothie)
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