Back of the Book
Miss Gertrude Cadwalader hoped her position as the paid companion to Mrs. Davenport would be easy. But as she becomes acquainted with her employer, she realizes the wealthy Mrs. Davenport has a strange tendency to be a bit light-fingered with other people's trinkets. Gertrude is relieved when Mrs. Davenport decides to have a quiet summer away from the social scene--until the woman changes her mind in order to help a young socialite launch into society.
When Gertrude is caught in the act of trying to return one of the trinkets by Mrs. Sinclair, the mother of shipping magnate Harrison Sinclair, the woman jumps to an unfortunate conclusion. Harrison is determined to mend fences with Miss Cadwalader, but he's unprepared for the escapades a friendship with her will entail.
When Gertrude is caught in the act of trying to return one of the trinkets by Mrs. Sinclair, the mother of shipping magnate Harrison Sinclair, the woman jumps to an unfortunate conclusion. Harrison is determined to mend fences with Miss Cadwalader, but he's unprepared for the escapades a friendship with her will entail.
My Thoughts
While I am not a huge fan of historical fiction there are some authors I love, and Jen Turano is one of them. Her entertaining dialog and period detail is not only educational but entertaining. This attention to detail was almost too much for me in Out Of The Ordinary, as the first scene consumes over 150 pages and the entire 346 pages of the novel only covers a few scenes and an epilogue. It feels like a slow walk for the first hundred pages and then a sprint from there. That being said, Gertrude Cadwalader is a funny, kind, and well loved person. Harrison Sinclair is patient, kind hearted, yet very eloquent. I enjoyed reading all of their interaction just waiting to read what might happen next.
Out of the Ordinary is a clean, entertaining and well written novel with just a little too much detail in every scene for my taste.
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