An Echo in the Bone
I'm reading, or rather, listening to, "An Echo in the Bone" by Diana Gabaldon. It's the seventh novel in the Outlander series and the first of the books I'm listening to instead of reading. It's strange not having my nose in the book itself, however I'm enjoying the new experience of listening to it.
In short, the first six books in the Outlander series:
Claire Beauchamp is a nurse who shortly after WWII ends finds herself in Scotland with her husband Frank Randall to re-connect after the experiences of the War. There, she walks through a circle of standing stones to find herself two-hundred odd years in the past - in the year 1743. She meets and marries James Fraser who turns out to be the love of her life, has a series of amazing adventures, and meets not only many figures important to the time period but also several ancestors of her 20th Century husband Frank.
She goes back to the 20th Century believing Jamie killed at Culloden, where she delivers their daughter Brianna. Claire and Frank get back together and move to Boston, Claire becomes a surgeon, and Brianna is raised as Frank's daughter.
After Frank dies, Claire and Brianna, now 20, go back to Scotland where Claire attempts to find out what happened to Jamie and the people she knew 200 years ago. Finding out that Jamie did not die at Culloden as she had thought, she goes back through the Stones to find him again.
Brianna follows later on, as does Roger MacKenzie, Brianna's future husband. Claire and Jamie move to America, meet a lot more interesting characters, Brianna and Roger get married and have two children and also meet several of Roger's ancestors, and eventually head back to the 20th Century to find a cure for their daughter's heart condition.
"An Echo in the Bone" focuses on the story of Brianna, Roger and their two children in the 20th Century, Claire and Jamie and the American Revolution, Jamie's nephew Ian and his experiences with the Mohawk, Jamie's illegitimate son William, a soldier in the British army, and his adoptive father Lord John Grey.
Knowing very little about the time period, the American Revolution, and Scottish / English politics in the 1700s, however with a love of science fiction, time travel stories, and an interest in history and medicine, the books have been extremely interesting, intriguing, and keep me coming back for more.
One thing that surprises me a lot is how I really didn't like Brianna much at all in the previous books, however really enjoy the story surrounding her and Roger in this book. She's a great character, and having her and Roger back in the 20th Century and her being much more independent and being more than "just" a wife and mother makes her a much more likeable character as well.
And why am I writing about a book haven't even finished yet... Well, for one 'coz I can, and two 'coz I fully intend to write about the book when I've finished it properly!
In short, the first six books in the Outlander series:
Claire Beauchamp is a nurse who shortly after WWII ends finds herself in Scotland with her husband Frank Randall to re-connect after the experiences of the War. There, she walks through a circle of standing stones to find herself two-hundred odd years in the past - in the year 1743. She meets and marries James Fraser who turns out to be the love of her life, has a series of amazing adventures, and meets not only many figures important to the time period but also several ancestors of her 20th Century husband Frank.
She goes back to the 20th Century believing Jamie killed at Culloden, where she delivers their daughter Brianna. Claire and Frank get back together and move to Boston, Claire becomes a surgeon, and Brianna is raised as Frank's daughter.
After Frank dies, Claire and Brianna, now 20, go back to Scotland where Claire attempts to find out what happened to Jamie and the people she knew 200 years ago. Finding out that Jamie did not die at Culloden as she had thought, she goes back through the Stones to find him again.
Brianna follows later on, as does Roger MacKenzie, Brianna's future husband. Claire and Jamie move to America, meet a lot more interesting characters, Brianna and Roger get married and have two children and also meet several of Roger's ancestors, and eventually head back to the 20th Century to find a cure for their daughter's heart condition.
"An Echo in the Bone" focuses on the story of Brianna, Roger and their two children in the 20th Century, Claire and Jamie and the American Revolution, Jamie's nephew Ian and his experiences with the Mohawk, Jamie's illegitimate son William, a soldier in the British army, and his adoptive father Lord John Grey.
Knowing very little about the time period, the American Revolution, and Scottish / English politics in the 1700s, however with a love of science fiction, time travel stories, and an interest in history and medicine, the books have been extremely interesting, intriguing, and keep me coming back for more.
One thing that surprises me a lot is how I really didn't like Brianna much at all in the previous books, however really enjoy the story surrounding her and Roger in this book. She's a great character, and having her and Roger back in the 20th Century and her being much more independent and being more than "just" a wife and mother makes her a much more likeable character as well.
And why am I writing about a book haven't even finished yet... Well, for one 'coz I can, and two 'coz I fully intend to write about the book when I've finished it properly!
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