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bucketheadmary's review
3.0
I really need a plot to keep me engaged and this is more of a meditative kind of book. I would be pondering the seasons, the brotherhood of man, or cocker spaniels one minute and wiping drool off my chin the next.
summermsmith's review
5.0
4.5 Stars. The only part I didn’t like was all the talk about her dogs. Which is fine, I’m just not a dog person. She certainly didn’t do it all of the time but when she did, I usually skimmed over most of that section.
That being said, this was a magically lazy-river type of book. It takes you through the year by month starting in November when the family moved into an old homestead in Connecticut that was built in 1690. The charm and character of the place outside and in is beautifully described. Her thoughts are often poetic in nature. She tells fantastically of the nature around her.
I was struck by how many of the same worries of the world she had as most of us do today. I believe this was written in the 1930s, to give perspective. She is so honest and raw you just smile because by the end you just feel like you’re reading letters from a dear friend. Several times she had me crying I was laughing so hard. I would highly recommend this book, a good portion of it is going in my commonplace book.
I look forward to reading others in the series as I am able to find them. Susan Branch originally recommended them in her autobiographical books.
That being said, this was a magically lazy-river type of book. It takes you through the year by month starting in November when the family moved into an old homestead in Connecticut that was built in 1690. The charm and character of the place outside and in is beautifully described. Her thoughts are often poetic in nature. She tells fantastically of the nature around her.
I was struck by how many of the same worries of the world she had as most of us do today. I believe this was written in the 1930s, to give perspective. She is so honest and raw you just smile because by the end you just feel like you’re reading letters from a dear friend. Several times she had me crying I was laughing so hard. I would highly recommend this book, a good portion of it is going in my commonplace book.
I look forward to reading others in the series as I am able to find them. Susan Branch originally recommended them in her autobiographical books.
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