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A wonderful fictional story based on Canadian history!"Promises To Keep", by Genevieve Graham, is the story of the Acadian expulsion of 1755. The book focuses on one family and all that befalls them during this time. Full of sadness, heartbreak and moments of joy, forbidden love makes this novel a page turner.The author states "My goal, my passion, is to breathe life back into Canadian history."With "Promises To Keep" I feel she has done just that.I look forward to reading more by this author.
A strong 5* read for me. I loved the characters' strengths and courage when encountering the turmoil of England's audacious invasion of Acadia, the detailed life of the early Canadiens, and their fortitude when facing incredible heartbreaking struggles. An amazing novel. Highly recommended historic reading from a gifted Canadian writer.
I thought that Genevieve Graham's Tides of Honour was amazing, but she just keeps hitting it out of the park. I always love when she includes the local natives in her writing and the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia/Acadia are in this story. From the beginning I was drawn right into the story of a young Acadian man saving the life of a young Mi'kmaq man. And I wondered how their stories would entwine, I was not let down. It took a while to see Me'tekw again, but his appearance was wonderfully written and
I picked this up for a few reasons. 1. "Fans of Gabaldon will love this" ; 2. It's a part of history we don't really read about, and one I'm really interested in ; 3. The reviews were all so great and there were so many 5 star ratings. The premise of this story was really good, I liked the idea ... was simply disappointed in the execution of it. It fell flat for me, I didn't feel as though I connected well with any of these characters; there wasn't much dimension to them. The main character, Ame...
I was thrilled to find this book in my library just because I've recently noticed there isn't that much Canadian historical fiction. It's not like Canada has a boring history - why aren't there more??I enjoyed learning more about the 1755 expulsion of the Acadians from what is now Nova Scotia. Amélie and her family live peacefully alongside the Mik'maq, descendants of French settlers but neutral in the ongoing French-British struggle for control of the colonies. Amélie meets a British soldier wh...
Find this and other reviews at Ramblings of a Daydreamer.In 2015, I read and loved Genevieve Graham’s historical novel, Tides of Honour. I love historical fiction, and have always lamented about the lack of Canadian historical fiction. Not only was Tides of Honour set in Canada, it also featured an event I knew nothing about: the Halifax Explosion of 1917. When I learned Ms Graham was writing a novel about the Acadian Expulsion, I was ecstatic. My dad was from Shediac, an Acadian town in New
Story 5 StarsGraham’s Promises To Keep is a poignant and brutal reminder that real history is full of victims as well as victors as she retells what really happened in 1755 when the English forcibly expulse the peaceful residents of Acadia in what is present day Nova Scotia. The author uses two voices to tell her story, 1st person of her female lead Amélei Belliveau and 3rd person of Connor MacDonald the English soldier who becomes her unlikely savior, giving readers a unique fly on the wall vie...
I must express my thanks to the author for her wonderfully romantic and heartbreaking historical family sagas. Having attended school in Nova Scotia from the mid 1940’s to mid 1950’s I never was exposed to any history about the expulsion of the Acadians in 1775. What little I knew was from a visit to Grand Pre as a child and from reading Longfellow’s poem Evangeline. Promises to Keep makes the trials and tribulations of the dispossessed and expelled Acadian families feel very real to me. Pausin...
The research done regarding the tragic history of the peace loving Acadians of Grande Pré, Nova Scotia was considerable and woven into this historical romance beautifully. It was a, quite frankly, shocking and horrific crime that was perpetrated upon these 15,000 innocent families by the British during the Seven Years War in the mid to late 1700's. It was during this horror that the love story takes place. A forbidden love. Promises to Keep is a powerful book with great characterizations. This i...
I won a copy of this book through the goodreads giveaways. I really enjoyed this read and the history it reflected for that time period. On top of portraying the harrowing experiences during that time it was also a story of hope and love. It was a great read and I would highly recommend.
