Every Word Unsaid by Kimberly Duffy (Book Tour)

 

Augusta “Gussie” Travers is a woman who loves adventure. She does not like the staid life that her wealthy family wants for her, and she instead travels around the United States writing a Miss Adventuress article for Lady’s Weekly.  Her family sends her Uncle James, a former Pinkerton agent, after her to bring her home for family events.  When her identity as the author of the article is revealed, her family is horrified, Gussie decides it’s time to embark on a new adventure that her editor sets up for her to explore India. While she is there, she will be able to reconnect with her childhood friends. Will Gussie determine what path she wants to take in life?

 I LOVED Gussie.  I loved her adventuress spirit and how this was really her story of what she wanted out of life.   I enjoyed that she wanted to break expectations of society and explore the world.  I loved the description of the locals, her photography, and articles.   I loved seeing India through her eyes and watching her mature with the story.

 Gabriel is Gussie’s old friend and love interest.  I thought it was an interesting narrative choice to have Gabriel suffer from anxiety. It was a friends to lovers trope with a very slow burn romance.  The book was primarily Gussie’s journey with the romance as a secondary story. Uncle James was wonderful as well.  He had one of my favorite quotes in the book, “You are fearfully and wonderfully made.  You are the daughter of my heart, knit from my own dreams and hope.  There is nothing wrong with you.  Nothing that makes you broken.”

 My other favorite quote is about India: “America, with its youthful zeal and brazen thirst, whispered a sonnet to Gussie’s heart.  But India sang, her voice a thunderous roar to the percussion o drums.  It reached inside of her and wrestled with accusations that had chased her across the ocean.”  I really enjoyed Duffy’s writing style.  It was lyrical and descriptive.  It was an interesting voyage to India that included a terrible plague as well as the horrors of the caste system.

 Overall, Every Word Unsaid is an enjoyable novel with an unforgettable heroine.

 Review copy from Bethany House as part of the Austenprose PR Book Tour.  Thank-you!  I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

QUICK FACTS

·       Title: Every Word Unsaid: A Novel

·       Author: Kimberly Duffy

·       Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery & Suspense, Inspirational Fiction

·       Publisher: Bethany House (November 2, 2021)

·       Length: (368) pages

·       Format: Trade paperback, eBook, & audiobook 

·       Tour Dates: November 1-14, 2021

 

BOOK DESCRIPTION

Augusta Travers has spent the last three years avoiding the stifling expectations of New York society and her family's constant disappointment. As the nation's most fearless--and reviled--columnist, Gussie travels the country with her Kodak camera and spins stories for women unable to leave hearth and home. But when her adventurous nature lands her in the middle of a scandal, an opportunity to leave America offers the perfect escape.

Arriving in India, she expects only a nice visit with childhood friends, siblings Catherine and Gabriel, and escapades that will further her career. Instead, she finds herself facing a plague epidemic, confusion over Gabriel's sudden appeal, and the realization that what she wants from life is changing. But slowing down means facing all the hurts of her past that she's long been trying to outrun. And that may be an undertaking too great even for her.



ADVANCE PRAISE

“Duffy shines in elegant, flowing prose and delicate precision that underscores the nineteenth-century setting."— Booklist, starred review

"An author to watch."— Library Journal

"Duffy's writing is beautiful, deep, and contemplative."— Jocelyn Green, Christy Award-winning author of Shadows of the White City

 

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AUTHOR BIO

Kimberly Duffy 

is Long Island native currently living in Southwest Ohio, via six months in India. When she's not homeschooling her four kids, she writes historical fiction that takes her readers back in time and across oceans. She loves trips that require a passport, recipe books, and practicing kissing scenes with her husband of twenty years. He doesn't mind.

 

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