Product Description: Two American families face a year of enormous significance, turmoil and change. The War to End All Wars was over. The Plague of 1918 had swept through urban areas with a vengeance, killing more than a million citizens and then mysteriously subsided. But instead of celebrating their survival through these excruciating times, four million workers went on strike, inflation hit 500%, and prohibition became law - unleashing the pestilence of organized crime. Good and bad times live side by side as people move from a simpler past through tumultuous times and reach out in search of a new future. The hope of carving out a new life motivates our characters who are enjoying early advancements in radio communication, entertainment and the inventions for the home. Although the characters did not know it at the time, the groundwork for the roaring 20s was being set with the casting off of old ideas, a devil may care attitude and a relaxing of social mores. The year 1919 is a reminder that things can always get worse, but through the vibrancy of the human spirit, things can get better too.
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Rating: - Great Book
This novel is a engaging and entertaining look at key historical events in 1919. Phelan's interest in 'under-reported' history including bizarre but true occurrences such as "the molasses incident" provide the reader an interesting and original read. Highly recommended!!!
Rating: - Historical Fiction at it's Best!
Loved It! This book takes "real" people and puts them in "real" situations for the year 1919. I couldn't put the book down and will definitely read more by this author. I felt that I was in 1919 and learned to know and relate to the charactors. The first incident with the molasses really did happen and I was pulled in instantly into the story. Read and Enjoy!
Rating: - Historical Fiction
Reviewed by Nancy Wade for Reader Views (1/08)
Author Paula Phelan's book, "1919 Misfortune's End," is a tale of two families living in the society of 1919 and what affects them the most during this time: war, flu, bias, death/destruction, rioting and murder. The storyline tells some of what the KKK did, or supported, in this time in the south. The story starts in Washington, DC, and ends in New York City.
The story flips from one family's story to the other family's story. It was hard for me to flow between the two families without backtracking to see who was where and what family I was reading about. They had quite a bit in common and a lot of difference, depending on what point of the story you were reading about and which family member was being discussed.
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Rating: - A great story that illuminates women's active role in history
Who would have thought, that in one year, so many famous women influenced politics and science! A riveting story that enlightened me as to how pivotal the year was to the African American community. I couldn't help reading it and seeing it as a movie. I am looking forward to the sequel.
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