Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: A book as real as a black & white photo in a family album

Homestead is the compelling saga of the women in a remote Austrian village in the World War II era. The women, the lives they lived, and the village came alive for me so powerfully that I found myself unable to put the book down. Rosina Lippi's characters are finely drawn and as real as a black and white photograph in the leaves of a family album. As the narrative shifts focus from one woman's story to another's, the village is revealed in all of its dimensions and our understanding of its weaknesses and strengths, loves and fears deepens. This has become my favorite book to give to woman friends (and my mom) this year.