My Dear Hamilton

 

My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton by Stephanie Dray
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Because I read Hamilton by Chernow and seen the play, I worried a bit that this book would be redundant. But while the book and play may have given this novel context, the authors did a great job at keeping the focus on Eliza, her children, and their domestic life. Of course, politics play an important role, but births, illnesses, moves, and deaths take center-stage here. And I welcomed the change of perspective. Dray and Kamoie create a well-rounded, complicated character for Eliza, and I think, dealing with the unknowns in believable ways. While not perfect, it was definitely an insightful read, if only to investigate what living with such a powerful, passionate, and imperfect man would have been like, and how smart, compassionate, and forgiving she must have been to have been his partner and his champion.

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My heart felt in the throes of reverse metamorphosis, where the butterfly was to fold its wings and become the ugly, misshapen worm.

Love is a kind of faith.