Lori Shipley's Reviews > The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey

This was a fast and easy read. The chapters alternated between two female characters, one from the late 1800's and one from 2006. They are linked together tangentially. The 1800's character, Evelyn, is an unpublished writer and a strong, independent minded woman for her time. She chooses to marry another writer, William, over her previous safe and somewhat boring fiancee, Peter. As the story progresses, William shows a dark side and eventually ends up stealing Evelyn's writings and selling them as his own. Evelyn plots her revenge and the story involving her surrounds how her marriage to William evolves and what happens after she learns he has stolen her work.

The more modern character, Abby, is in her early 30's and can be described as a wanderer - not physically, but emotionally. She can't seem to feel settled. She has never known who her father is and her mother died when she was young. She has been raised by her grandparents, with whom she still lives. While she is in a relationship, she doesn't feel strongly about it. She finds a book of poems and a picture of her mother with someone she presumes to be her father and goes in search to find her roots. I liked her character less than Evelyn's, but not so much as to change my opinion of the book.