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  <title><![CDATA[Winter Wheat]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For this Bison Books edition, James Welch, the acclaimed author of &lt;i&gt;Winter in the Blood&lt;/i&gt; (1986) and other novels, introduces Mildred Walker's vivid heroine, Ellen Webb, who lives in the dryland wheat country of central Montana during the early 1940s. He writes, &quot;It is a story about growing up, becoming a woman, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, within the space of a year and a half. But what a year and a half it is!&quot; Welch offers a brief biography of Walker, who wrote nine of her thirteen novels while living in Montana.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">12</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1992</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Winter Wheat</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Mildred Walker]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It took a while for this book to &quot;grab&quot; me, but once it did I was hooked.  I loved the metaphor throughout the story of winter wheat and its comparisons to love and life.  As Ellen's mom said, &quot;That don't mean nothing.  We get mad, sure!  Like ice an' snow an' thunder an' lightning st...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48483295">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Feb 20 18:00:04 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thank you for this great recommendation Tami.  This is written in one of my favorite settings - the Dust Bowl of the 1930's.  However, the plot focuses on a young woman's perception of the strange relationship between her parents.  Very interesting.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thoroughly enjoyed this book about the hardships of life on a Montana wheat farm during the 1940s. It is a coming of age story told by the ninteen-year-old only daughter of a Russian immigrant married to an American soldier during WWI. During the year and a half she experiences her first year at c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66069370">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A book club pick that I'm surprised I never encountered before.  Winter Wheat is the story of how Ellen, a 20 year-old farm girl living in Montana in the early 1940's, begins to understand the love between her parents.  Over the two-year time frame of the book, Ellen starts college, gets engaged, ge...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52213249">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Apr 18 03:30:50 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Squeaky clean book dealing with the reason for being, beauty, hands, seasons, times when one feels trapped in his/her circumstances, disappointments in parents (and the resolution of those feelings),being free from anyone else (good/bad p. 164), and an interesting Walt Whitman poem (p. 141 &quot;The...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44072534">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="25739873">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Written over sixty years ago about ranchers living in remote parts of Montana, this old fashioned coming of age novel has a surprising currency. Its bittersweet portrayal of human relationships has a deep ring of emotional truth, and its understanding of the constantly shifting nature of identity ma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25739873">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47906253">
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book. The book takes place in the 1940's and is about a young woman, from rural, central Montana.  It takes the reader through a year and a half of her life as she experiences the pain and awakening of growing up. From leaving her family wheat farm to go to college, to having to sit o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47906253">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69524149">
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    <name><![CDATA[Leah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Provo, UT]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just discovered Mildred Walker and I am crazy about her.  The way she writes about the Earth and people's connection to it is amazing, as are her metaphors, similes, and imagery.  Her characters are quite unique and engaging as well, though some are afflicted with the chronic dissatisfaction so co...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69524149">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60965282">
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    <body><![CDATA[I love reading this book.  The author paints amazing pictures in my head with her writing.  I also always cry at the end.  Not because I am sad, but it is a touching ending. It is a simple story of a girl's life from ages 18-21 approx.  I have had friends say it is a little slow for them, but I have...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60965282">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48463801">
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Beautifully written story about love and loyalty. The author paints the Montana prairie exquisitely.  The characters are realistic and intriguing. It will make you see love and relationships in a new and hopeful light. I enjoyed every word in this book.<br/><br/>I especially liked that there was n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48463801">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63760192">
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was written in 1944 and then republished in 1993.  I loved this book it is very sweet and simple, the setting is in Montana on a farm.  The main character is Ellen Webb she learns to understand her parents and the struggles of life and growing up.  She becomes a teacher in a one-room schoo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63760192">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60367988">
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    <name><![CDATA[Lisa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I only gave this 3 stars because I could put it down.  That being said, I liked the main character and could feel her emotions thoughout the book.  Most of the book takes place in Montana in the 1940's.  I enjoyed the visual imagery, although at times excessive, and the metaphor of the wheat.]]></body>
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    <review id="46091202">
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    <name><![CDATA[Sandra]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This coming-of-age story about a young woman's life in Montana reminds me of &quot;O Pioneers&quot; by Willa Cather. I love the imagery in the book and Walker's comparison of mature love to winter wheat. &quot;They had love that was deep-rooted and stronger than love that grows easily.&quot;]]></body>
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    <review id="38726497">
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    <location><![CDATA[Farmington, UT]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book a lot but I would have liked a little more closure.  Does she go on to college?  What happens with Leslie &amp; Warren?  A lot of loose ends for me.  I know I've read this before but couldn't remember when or what happened in it.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="64814683">
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    <name><![CDATA[Marty]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Lewes, DE]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The graphic details of the setting were sort of lost on me.  I'm ready to get into the plot details &amp; found myself getting frustrated by all the setting details.  I think if I had read this in the winter season my reaction would have been different.]]></body>
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    <review id="78016698">
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    <name><![CDATA[Linda]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Salt Lake City, UT]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book.  There was a lot of insight into what looks like a lonely life to the big city dwellers in really full of dram. I also like how a young woman comes to terms with her own relationship with her parents and herself]]></body>
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    <review id="72108807">
    <user id="1811783">
    <name><![CDATA[Melanie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book. It prompted much reflection on similar experiences in my own life. Also, I found myself thinking about how much I enjoyed the Little House on the Prairie books when I was a young girl. There is something quite romantic about a strong woman living off the land and thriving...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72108807">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48761587">
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    <body><![CDATA[Simple easy read.  Interesting look at life on a ranch among the harsh Montana elements.  It's a coming of age story (although the time period is less than 2 years' time), but I like the perspective it gives of true love.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book asks / answers the question &quot;what is love&quot; from the perspective a a young girl going off to college.  Life experiences and watching her parents change her view through the story.  This was a very good book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love books that I can learn something from. I learned about the wheat growing part of our country and the different types of wheat that is grown, where and why. A lovely story to be enjoyed by all. ]]></body>
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