I just finished this book and I was hoping that some of you may have read it.

The author, Willa Cather, really did an amazing job of describing the countryside and the people, and she even brought me to tears,laughter, shivers, smiles, many times.

Her descriptions of the people were so good that I felt that feeling of oh yes...I know someone just like that.

I really did like the book and I felt compelled to finish it in just a few days, I just really wanted more of a unified plot. I found her style in some way similar to Laura Ingalls Wilder in that the sections or chapters are more like vignettes and the content is very much more adult and real in a modest way. But I like LIW way, way more.

So Yes, I can see why it would be considered a classic, it was pretty good. In consideration of the lack of central unifying plot, I'm giving this book four stars. I believe that I may pick up some of her other books at the library.

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