Parrot Pie for Breakfast: An Anthology of Women Pioneers

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Summary: isolated diary entries
Review: I was expecting this book to be more "story-like"-- to flow from one woman's experience to another. Instead it's a series of short, isolated diary entries. Quite interesting, but there's no plot to follow. I would have preferred to read each woman's diary fully, rather than mini-entries of many women's diaries grouped by general topic (taking leave, matters domestic, etc.). Again though, it is interesting stuff. My personal preference would have been to group by woman rather than topic.

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Summary: The Power behind the Pioneers
Review: In Parrot Pie for Breakfast, Jane Robinson opens up the entire spectrum of the early pioneer days, not just North American, but globally. She reveals through diary and correspondence the strength and power of the women who stood behind and beside their men in the quest for a better life and freedom. The treasured snippets of their words bring history alive with a newer, brighter light that spotlights the mostly forgotten role of women in the harshest of times.