In the Shadow of Idris
Lifepath Adventures: Mary Jones
by Ruth Kirtley
GoodBookStall Review:
Bryn Parry is a figment of the author’s imagination but Mary Jones was real enough and her story has been told many times, but Ruth Kirtley has found a fresh way to tell about her. I enjoyed Bryn’s attitude to having to go to school in contrast to Mary Jones’, and was interested to learn that schoolmasters at that time moved from place to place. Historically correct, you get the feel of a small community in that time and place, the poverty, the pressures and the hardships of life for all the families. Mary Jones’ purchase of a Bible was a very special adventure.
Reviewer: Mary Bartholomew (15/07/09)
Bryn Parry is a figment of the author’s imagination but Mary Jones was real enough and her story has been told many times, but Ruth Kirtley has found a fresh way to tell about her. I enjoyed Bryn’s attitude to having to go to school in contrast to Mary Jones’, and was interested to learn that schoolmasters at that time moved from place to place. Historically correct, you get the feel of a small community in that time and place, the poverty, the pressures and the hardships of life for all the families. Mary Jones’ purchase of a Bible was a very special adventure.
Reviewer: Mary Bartholomew (15/07/09)
