Tiny Little Thing

Title: Tiny Little Thing
Author: Beatriz Williams
Published: June 23, 2015 by G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 368
Source: Purchased by me
Rating: 5/5
Goodreads

In the summer of 1966, Christina Hardcastle—“Tiny” to her illustrious family—stands on the brink of a breathtaking future. Of the three Schuyler sisters, she’s the one raised to marry a man destined for leadership, and with her elegance and impeccable style, she presents a perfect camera-ready image in the dawning age of television politics. Together she and her husband, Frank, make the ultimate power couple: intelligent, rich, and impossibly attractive. It seems nothing can stop Frank from rising to national office, and he’s got his sights set on a senate seat in November.

But as the season gets underway at the family estate on Cape Cod, three unwelcome visitors appear in Tiny’s perfect life: her volatile sister Pepper, an envelope containing incriminating photograph, and the intimidating figure of Frank’s cousin Vietnam-war hero Caspian, who knows more about Tiny’s rich inner life than anyone else. As she struggles to maintain the glossy façade on which the Hardcastle family’s ambitions are built, Tiny begins to suspect that Frank is hiding a reckless entanglement of his own…one that may unravel both her own ordered life and her husband’s promising career.

My review:

Let me start this review by admitting that I have mad love for Ms. Williams writing. I believe I stated in a previous review of her work that I would read the phone book if she re-wrote it 🙂 This book is the second in the trilogy of the Schuyler sisters (it is not necessary to read them all, each book stands on its own). This one is my favorite of the three (my review of Violet Grant is here, and Along the Infinite Sea will be reviewed soon). The other books are broken into two alternating stories (which are related over time), one in more present day and one historical. This one has two stories that are intertwined, but take place over a period of two years in the 1960's. I enjoyed the historical stories more than the present day in the other books, but in this one I was fascinated with Tiny's story of trying to be everything her mother wanted her to be. Tiny's husband is a rising political star and they are considered to be the "power couple" of their time. Of course there are secrets revealed that had me turning pages as fast as I could! I absolutely adored the time period for this book, Tiny was definitely my favorite Schuyler sister, and wait until you find out her husband's secrets......AHHHH!!

If you have not read Ms. Williams books yet, run to wherever it is that they have books on shelves and read one! You can thank me later 🙂