When her father dies, Charley Bordelon
is surprised to inherit an 800 acre sugarcane plantation in
Louisiana. She knows nothing about raising sugarcane. Her father
wasn't a farmer either, but he mortgaged everything he had to buy
these 800 acres.
Charley is a widow with a preteen
daughter. She badly needs a fresh start and the only option is the
sugarcane plantation. She settles in with her delightful grandmother,
Miss Honey, and her other relatives. The one blot on the horizon is
her half-brother. He has been in trouble most of his life; now he's
back, and he resents that Charley got the whole inheritance.
Learning the sugarcane business isn't
easy, particularly since no one wants to help her. Charley struggles
against the odds and the desire to give up, but eventually finds help
and a surprising romance.
The unusual characters and the lovely
setting make this book a delight to read. I enjoyed the descriptions
of farm life, but they could be tedious to someone with no background
in farming. I also found the plot rather slow even when Charley finds
romance. She does a great deal of talking to herself about her
troubles and it becomes repetitious. However, the setting and
characters make it worth the read.
I reviewed this book for Net Galley.
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