Title: The Anarchist’s Wife
Author: Margo Laurie
Pages: 173
Release Date: October 24
th 2022
Format: eBook (ARC)
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Synopsis: In 1920, anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo
Vanzetti were accused of a payroll robbery and double murder at a factory in
Massachusetts. The case became one of the most notorious miscarriages of
justice of the 20th century.
The Anarchist's Wife is a historical fiction novella which reimagines this
American tragedy from the perspective of Rosa Sacco. Her husband was likely
innocent of the crime he was accused of, but his possible involvement in
anarchist violence was a murkier question. The story is framed as a memoir for
her daughter Ines, in which she attempts to shape this difficult past into one
which can be lived with.
My Review: I'm not a big fan of historical books and
generally stay away from them but I was asked to read this story by the author
and I enjoyed it.
The story is based around real people who I've never heard
of before, it was interesting to learn about something I had no prior knowledge
about and I looked up the 1920s Sacco & Vanzetti case afterwards just to
read about what actually happened.
The story starts off in the present of that time period and
then goes back in time to tell the story upto the point of it being written
down. It is told by Rosa the wife of one of the men (Nick) who was accused of a
crime. Rosa is writing a journal of sorts to her daughter Ina so Ina can get to
know her father starting from when Nick and Rosa's first meet leading up to
when Nick was arrested and sentence to death with some events that lead up to
Nick being arrested in between.
Although historical fiction is not my thing I was intrigued
enough to keep reading and enjoyed the characters and the storyline which is
why this only got 3 stars from me and not 4.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving
this review voluntarily.
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Read in 2023: 5/40
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