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Interesting account of researching family history and finding peace with past events and people.
I read it as a bit of a cross between non-fiction and fiction, not worrying too much about the accuracy in the facts that were presented. It was light and kept my interest. I particularly enjoyed the descriptions of the research he conducted on his family history.
One thing that bothered me was that the author writes disparagingly about relatives who lived in Birmingham, often comparing his level of education, mannerisms, and wealth to theirs (he had more of everything in his mind), which I found off-putting and almost caused me to stop reading halfway through.
It was an enjoyable book overall and has given me a renewed interest in getting back to researching my own family history.