A World of Other People

I enjoyed A World of Other People by Steven Carroll, reading the Kindle version.  It is set during the London Blitz and is a romantic story about a young London woman Iris who meets an Australian bomber pilot, Jim, after he has physically recovered from the crash landing of his plane.  Jim is still severely traumatised by the experience though he remembers little about it, having been in a coma for some time.  Coincidentally Iris had witnessed his plane coming down but she doesn't know it was his plane.  They fall in love, but then Iris has a crisis of conscience and their lives take a different path.  A tender story. 4/5.

The Last Runaway

I enjoyed The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier as I have her other books.  This one is set in the 1850s when an English Quaker woman, Honor, travels with her sister to a new life in America.  Her expected circumstances change dramatically and she has to deal with those changes.  She becomes involved in helping escaping slaves which compromises her family's situation.  The area she lives in is more "primitive" than what she's been used to in England and requires considerable adjustment.  She has to juggle her Quaker principles to deal with her beliefs regarding the injustice the slaves must endure.  She learns new customs and eats different foods including corn.  Finally she must make a choice and deal with the consequences of that choice. 4/5