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Just finished The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes and narrated by Emily Woo Zeller. This is the story of two Seattle women; one who lived a hard life in an earlier and more brutal era — the days of the Chinese Exclusion Act — and the other a modern woman who accidentally discovers a sleeve of silk upon which the first woman had recorded her family history; a history not learned in high school history texts, and one that threatens to destroy everything her own family holds dear. This book kept me riveted as it masterfully switched back and forth between the two eras and wove their destinies together. There were some predictable outcomes in the subplots, but the way the author had of making the characters come alive made me care for what happened to these people, and made the journey well worth the trip. Highly recommended and timely.
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