Childhood and Death in Victorian England by Sarah Seaton

 Over the past year or so with everything that has gone on in my life, I have found a new love of non-fiction books, particularly history books that are about subjects that are not super common to think about. This is one of those books that I saw and I thought about how I have never read something like this before. 

This is a very factual book and in being that it can be very surface-level on the specifics of the stories that it was telling. The lack of information and records from the time period contributes to that as well. There are some parts of the book that be a bit hard to read as the subject is a very dark one and the things discussed can be gruesome, but it is also informative. The author does an excellent job of being blunt and factual with her writing while also infusing it with understanding and not harshness. 

If you want to read an interesting book that has a lot of history in it and is about a topic that is not often talked about, then this is a book you should look at. 

I received this book as an advanced copy from Netgalley and this is a personal review of it. 

Five out of five stars