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Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks 3 stars
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Dec 04, 2016 01:46PM
Despite the title this book is really about the fictional character Bethia Mayfield. Bethia grows up on what is now Martha's Vineyard in the 1660's. She meets a Native American boy she calls Caleb. Through his connection to Bethia, Caleb becomes "civilized" and ends up going to Harvard. I've enjoyed Brooks other books but I never really connected to Bethia. I enjoyed the part on the island but when the action switches to the mainland I was much less interested in the story.
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Totally agree. I read this when it first came out and in my review I wrote: "The title of this book should be Bethia's Crossing".
