
The Engineer's Wife
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Libby McKnight
She built a monument for all time. Then she was lost in its shadow.
Emily Warren Roebling refuses to live conventionally - she knows who she is and what she wants, and she's determined to make change. But then her husband, Wash, asks the unthinkable: Give up her dreams to make his possible.
Emily's fight for women's suffrage is put on hold and her life transformed when Wash, the chief engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge, is injured on the job. Untrained for the task, but under his guidance, she assumes his role, despite stern resistance and overwhelming obstacles. Lines blur as Wash's vision becomes her own, and when he is unable to return to the job, Emily is consumed by it. But as the project takes shape under Emily's direction, she wonders whose legacy she is building - hers or her husband's. As the monument rises, Emily's marriage, principles, and identity threaten to collapse. When the bridge finally stands finished, will she recognize the woman who built it?
Based on the true story of the Brooklyn Bridge, The Engineer's Wife delivers an emotional portrait of a woman transformed by a project of unfathomable scale that takes her into the bowels of the East River, suffragette riots, the halls of Manhattan's elite, and the heady, freewheeling temptations of P.T. Barnum. It's the story of a husband and wife determined to build something that lasts - even at the risk of losing each other.
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really good book
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I wonder if near rations are edited and listened to before they are produced? It was distracting and disappointing.
Poor narration
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Also, some reviews are negative about the fiction part of historical fiction and I don't think their criticism is fair at all. The afterword sorts all of the facts from fiction for you. The point of this story is that Emily Roeblings life/ role in the bridge is largely undocumented but universally agreed to be significant. I think it was a good mix of educational facts, and interesting fiction.
Worthwhile, very interesting, not amazing
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The narrator of this book was competent, but I can’t be more enthusiastic than that. Her many mispronunciations took me out of the story over and over, and her accents and voices were inconsistent. Better than I could do myself, for sure, but still distracting. I might give a 3.5 star rating if that were possible.
All in all, it was a fine read, and definitely worth a solid 4 star rating overall. If you don’t mind a lot of fiction in your historical fiction, and you can tolerate a narrator that (alas) doesn’t rise to the level of a Kate Reading, then I recommend this book to you. If not, well, as Barnum would say, it’s that way to the egress. ;)
Entertaining and enlightening fiction
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While more fiction than history, it did give me so much information about an important historical event- the building of the Brooklyn bridge, as well as current issues of the time, such as women’s suffrage and the general treatment of women. I really enjoyed the story, even though part of what made it so enjoyable was the component of fiction of the personal lives of the historical figures. Overall, I’d recommend.
Historical fiction -more fiction than historical, but I was ok with that!
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Good
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Great spin on this true story
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Beautifully written
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Historical fiction
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I enjoyed the character development and all the historical details. I will never go over the Brooklyn Bridge without thinking of the great sacrifices made to get it completed. The author really made you feel as if you were there This novel is also about a very strong woman and all she had to endure to assist her husband to get the almost impossible done. I thought the performance of the narrator was fantastic !
Building the Brooklyn Bridge
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