Arriving in the Massachusetts Bay Colony from Scotland, Bridie is thrilled to be reunited with her parents, but the spirited lass refuses to conform to the strict rules of the colony.
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This lackluster offering is the first installment of the Wild Rose Inn series, which promises to chronicle the romantic adventures of six generations of young MacKenzie women. The first of these girls is Bridie, 16, who leaves her barren but beloved Scotland to join her parents in Marblehead, Mass., where they have spent 10 years working hard to establish an inn. Since the year is 1695 and Bridie's new home is not far from witchy Salem, it is inevitable that witchcraft becomes the historical element that drives the plot, but it does so in fits and starts. Besides being a devout Catholic, Bridie is an herbal healer; both these traits are looked on with suspicion and dislike by her new Puritan neighbors. Bridie's wooden flirtation with Will of God Handy earns her the hatred of his bitter, witch-fearing mother. Hokey, unconvincing dialogue and paper-thin characters do little to hasten the course of this ponderous story. Ages 10-up.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Gr. 6-9. Left behind when her parents emigrated from Scotland to the Massachusetts Colony, Bridie MacKenzie lived with her grandfather for 10 years until he died. Now, at 16, she crosses the Atlantic in steerage and joins her parents and younger brother in Marblehead. Her family is prospering as the proprietors of a tavern, but Bridie soon realizes that she must suppress all signs of her Catholic religion and the healing arts she learned in Scotland in order to conform to the Puritan laws and mores. When she attracts the notice of handsome Will Handy, she earns the enmity of his jealous mother, and when Bridie goes to the Indians for plant remedies for her desperately ill brother, she is suspected of being a witch, and the townspeople no longer patronize her parents' tavern. Finally, Bridie makes the decision to leave the family she only recently found and travel to Canada, where she can practice the religion and medicine that are so important to her. This is a promising beginning to a series of historical novels that can be read for diversion or as an adjunct to an American history unit. Sheilamae O'Hara
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4.0 out of 5 stars
This book was very sad but good.,
By Nie (MA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: BRIDIE OF THE WILD ROSE INN, 1695 (Wild Rose Inn, No 1) (Paperback)
This book was very good, but in the beginning it was a little bit boring. Around the middle of the book, it started to improve. I liked this book, but I liked "Emily of the Wild Rose Inn" better. Now, that book got straight to the point. The Bridie book was good, but it was disappointing at the end. She could have stayed in Massachusetts and *TRY* to fit in. But I think she left because she couldn't stand the people of Mass. I won't blame her... Will Handy was infatuated with Bridie, she liked him too, but Will's old mother stopped him from leaving to Canada with Bridie. You know what though? I think they won't last, because she was so different from him. Overall, this was a good book. I recommend that you read it on a rainy day, since it's a depressing book. :)
1.0 out of 5 stars
not good,
By Jane Austen "Lizzie" (San Francisco, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: BRIDIE OF THE WILD ROSE INN, 1695 (Wild Rose Inn, No 1) (Paperback)
This book was not a good book. The ending was HORRIBLE. I dont know how Will really loved her; he was just stunned by her beauty, and in the end he didn't really like her enough to go with her! I was like OMG! Why?!?
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book!,
This review is from: BRIDIE OF THE WILD ROSE INN, 1695 (Wild Rose Inn, No 1) (Paperback)
10 years ago, Bridie MacKenzie's parents left her behind in Scotland to build a new life in Massachusetts Bay Colony, promising to send for her soon. But 10 long years went by before Bridie finaly came to Massachusetts, and she's no longer a child, no longer able to adapt to her surroundings as easily. But Massachusetts itself isn't so bad. It's the people there, the laws they made. Bridie is a Catholic, and in Massachusetts you can only be a Puritan. Can Bridie build a home for herself in the harsh new land, and keep her religion alive within herself? Or will she have to leave the family she was just reuinited with to find a home elsewhere, where she can be true to her religion?
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