Alma Whittaker was born in 1800, the only surviving child of an austere Dutch mother and a father defined by his ambition and entrepreneurial talents. Unfolding over a century from the late 1700’s, The Signature of All Things is a fictional portrait of a remarkable woman and her extraordinary life. However, to my surprise, I found The Signature Of All Things fascinating reading and was reluctant to put it down. When it finally reached the top of my review stack, I was willing to attempt it but I was fully expecting I would put it aside after a few chapters. I wrote a brief but scathing review of Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love so when The Signature of All Things arrived unsolicited I wasn’t enthusiastic. Status: Read from October 15 to 17, 2013 - I own a copy
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