Widow's Tears

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Ruby in the spotlight submitted by KathyD on July 20, 2013, 6:29pm This book still includes China Bayles, but her best friend Ruby takes the lead in this one. As a result, it is definitely more otherworldly than China-the former-lawyer usually is. Some chapters are flashbacks to the days surrounding the Galveston hurricane, the greatest natural disaster in the US. These chapters are interesting but sad. Enjoyable read but not my favorite in the series.

Galveston, oh Galveston submitted by camelsamba on June 20, 2016, 7:32pm I enjoyed the historical Galveston and the Ruby-focused chapters (even though Claire was not very likable, and Ruby's interaction with her likewise unpleasant at times). The China chapters annoyed me as usual - all that first person "if you go here, make sure you do X" nonsense. There's a reason I don't follow this series any more!

But I did enjoy how the historical and the modern were interwoven. I'm a skeptic (like China!) so the Rachel-Colleen-Ruby connection seems like the stuff of pure fiction, but I do enjoy imagining this whole book (or at least the Galveston chapters) as Claire's task.

I picked this up for the Galveston connection. My husband's maternal grandmother was born on the mainland during hurricane -- her family lived on the island and I'm not sure why they were not there during storm. I was under the impression they'd been warned to evacuate, but that clearly didn't happen.

Loss submitted by kathscot on July 11, 2016, 7:03pm A story where Ruby, her childhood friend Claire and an early 20th century widow must come to terms with their losses. Interwoven stories and points of view with most chapters beginning with an explanation of the meanings of different herbs in the language of flowers. Sad, but interesting.