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Summary: A Charming Read
Review: This book is a wonderful view of truly strong women. In a time when it was nearly improper to go walking unescorted by a man, three women live virationsly, no one can hold them down.
Written from the view point of the young daughter,a witnessthe strong and willful moves of her grandmother. She has nothing but pride for the bold field doctor insticts and motives that she seeks. Each character is rich in complexity and truly a story of their own.
Together their lives grow and evolve. The town and lives grow around them and they manage to keep up. Saw mill accidents, the sick and abandoned, and those paying for others mistakes all strengthen each one of these strong women.
Rating:
Summary: A Charming Read
Review: This book is a wonderful view of truly strong women. In a time when it was nearly improper to go walking unescorted by a man, three women live virationsly, no one can hold them down.
Written from the view point of the young daughter,a witnessthe strong and willful moves of her grandmother. She has nothing but pride for the bold field doctor insticts and motives that she seeks. Each character is rich in complexity and truly a story of their own.
Together their lives grow and evolve. The town and lives grow around them and they manage to keep up. Saw mill accidents, the sick and abandoned, and those paying for others mistakes all strengthen each one of these strong women.
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Summary: A Rambling Narrative, But a Good One
Review: This book is good, but only if you can tolerate the rambling narrative style it is written in. The characters are solidly developed, and the anecdotal episodes are well-done. It can be predictable at times, and I'm not sure if a male audience will like as much as a female audience, but both genders could find this book entertaining. Only the femaile audience may find it enlightening, however. As a college literature professor, I read this book in hope of perhaps using it in a course, but I decided against it. That doesn't mean it's bad; it just means it's a nice piece of light, easy reading which women will enjoy ... and men probably won't.
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Summary: A wonderful book
Review: This is my favorite book. I have recommended it to so many people and even given it as a gift to a few. It's wonderful to read a book about 3 strong women. I laughed and cried and thoroughly enjoyed my time with this book. Kaye Gibbons really lets us know these women. As I finished the book, I truly felt as if I were leaving folks I had come to know very well.
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Summary: For a summer reading assignment, very good
Review: This may be the first school reading assignment that I have ever actually fully enjoyed, except for maybe a few exceptions. I really liked reading this book because it talked about a young girl's life growing up in a family of women, which is something I believe many teenaged girls can at least partially relate to. I really liked how not one bit of it was boring. The author kept it interesting by meshing the main character's grandmother's doctoral experiences with the entire family's daily life. I especially enjoyed how towards the end the author created a bit of a romance between the main character and a young man. Overall, this book is something I could read again in a few years without getting bored with it:).
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Summary: A delightful, easy read
Review: Three generations of women are the focal point of this novel, and though their familial bonds are tight, there are unique characteristics of each that make the reader care for each. Charlie Kate, a headstrong "medicine woman", says it like it is and won't take no for an answer. But she is not just forthright with her opinions, but also with her feelings for her family. Her daughter Sophia tends to "need" to be someone's companion, whether it be a man, her mother, or her own daughter. Margaret, my favorite character, was raised by the women and gets to experience things in her life that truly define her. I loved how close the three were, and that their traits complemented one another. A book that you hope goes on and on. I read it in two evenings.
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