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The People Therein
Love blossoms and grows between a disabled girl and a troubled botanist who has abandoned turn-of-the-century Boston for a life in the southern Appalachians.
271 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 1980
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January 12, 2020
Like the others, I remember having read this book when I was in middle school and it definitely left a great impression on me. Thank goodness for Google, I could find its title after a good abstract search. I would like to re-read it as a beyond middle age woman now (:-)), to see if it brings the same response...hmmm.
June 20, 2009
I don't remember why I bought this book when I was a YA reader, but it made such an impression on me. I still have my old, dog-eared copy. The story of a Appalachin girl named Lanthy and her love for the schoolteacher from the East... a cautionary tale in one regard, love story in another.
June 22, 2020
I read this book when I was a teenager and remember enjoying it. I kept my copy through the years and took it with me as I moved. Rereading it now, I found things that troubled me. I would never recommend this book to a modern reader.
Their "romance" seems more like rape although she's of legal age and claims it was consensual. He's 13 years older than her and admits that he gives into the "beast" inside him when they first have sex. Other than a few glances and brief, casual conversations, they don't have a relationship before they have sex. He has no regard for the moral code of her society. After having sex, Lanthy says something like she finally feels like a whole woman. I was thinking of selling this book to a used book store, but I'm not sure that I want anyone else reading it. I might just throw it in the trash.
Their "romance" seems more like rape although she's of legal age and claims it was consensual. He's 13 years older than her and admits that he gives into the "beast" inside him when they first have sex. Other than a few glances and brief, casual conversations, they don't have a relationship before they have sex. He has no regard for the moral code of her society. After having sex, Lanthy says something like she finally feels like a whole woman. I was thinking of selling this book to a used book store, but I'm not sure that I want anyone else reading it. I might just throw it in the trash.
January 20, 2020
It’s my favorite YA novel. Lanthy, Drew, and the Gap live within me, and guide me every day. A random library find that I revisit annually, and quote regularly.
November 5, 2011
I read this book over and over when I was a teenager. I wish I could find it again.
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