This book brought me back to my love of the frontier that I enjoyed so as a girl. I recall reading every Laura Ingalls Wilder book in adoration of the characters and the quiet determination one must have to live a life on the land. I still look up to people who work all day and find joy in the small moments of life. I'd forgotten what a life of ease I truly enjoy. This book doesn't radiate hardship but it shares hardship with a dignified narration that opens your eyes to a life few of us will ever know. I can see parallels between the immigrants working the land at the turn of the 20th century and the migrant immigrants today that enter the USA. I recommend this book highly and suggest you read in bite size pieces to digest slowly the rich characters and story Willa Cather has woven together.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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