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Bittersweet.
Antonia is a bit reckless and completely likable. Her family is from Bohemia (I confess that I had to look up what region this is/was) and settles in a new country with few possessions but a strong work ethic. Every member of her family is strong and opinionated. Her mother is outspoken, bold and really rather funny.
Cather focuses on the settlement of the Midwest and picks a strong set of characters to follow. The story is told from Jim's viewpoint and is based on his memories. Ther ...more
Antonia is a bit reckless and completely likable. Her family is from Bohemia (I confess that I had to look up what region this is/was) and settles in a new country with few possessions but a strong work ethic. Every member of her family is strong and opinionated. Her mother is outspoken, bold and really rather funny.
Cather focuses on the settlement of the Midwest and picks a strong set of characters to follow. The story is told from Jim's viewpoint and is based on his memories. Ther ...more
Sep 14, 2008
Katie
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I think this is the first book I've read in quite a while that I enjoyed enough to just plow through in a single weekend. This tells the story of a pioneer America at the end of the 19th century and into the beginning of the 20th. Always the skeptic regarding American literature, my slow transition to appreciating it, I think, has been made complete. The history of this country is short, but amazing, and I am very proud of it. The characters in this novel are very tangible. The atmosphere seemed
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This may be one of my favorite books of all time; how did I miss Willa Cather until now? I loved the vivid descriptions of midwest life at the beginning of the twentieth century. The prairie is populated by characters so rich and true you think you might just recognize them on the street if you should ever bump into them. Maybe it is because I am a midwest girl, but they feel like my mother and grandmother's neighbors...like people and places I know intimately. Exquisite and meditative and alive
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I absolutely loved this book! It was so wonderful to read!!! I am looking forward to her other books as well!!!!
Jan 14, 2010
Lisa of Hopewell
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Starting this soon....
Apr 07, 2009
Andrea
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