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My Friend Flicka
by Mary O'Hara
"She heard the jack pines roaring - like surf, she thought, yes, like the sea. It was a day when she wanted to be outdoors, riding on the range, where the wind would whip her hair and drive her the way it drove the tumbleweed across the Green."
What a charming book! It's a story of growing up, what we can learn from animals, and the rugged beauty of nature. The way O'Hara describes her settings reminds me a bit of Laura Ingalls Wilder and it’s just such lovely wordsmithing. As for her characters, she captures the frustrations and desires of a young boy so well when writing from Ken’s POV. Ken’s parents also get the chance to stand on their own, not just how they relate to Ken. My only disappointment is Ken's brother Howard, who serves as a foil to Ken in the beginning but then essentially doesn't show up again in any meaningful context.
I was also not expecting the anti-capitalist rants in this book from 1941 lol. It is frustrating though, that people have been criticizing this economic system for at least the past 80 years without any change.
Upon finishing this book, I wanted nothing more than to drop everything and head west to experience the sunrise in the wilderness from the back of a fast horse~
What a charming book! It's a story of growing up, what we can learn from animals, and the rugged beauty of nature. The way O'Hara describes her settings reminds me a bit of Laura Ingalls Wilder and it’s just such lovely wordsmithing. As for her characters, she captures the frustrations and desires of a young boy so well when writing from Ken’s POV. Ken’s parents also get the chance to stand on their own, not just how they relate to Ken. My only disappointment is Ken's brother Howard, who serves as a foil to Ken in the beginning but then essentially doesn't show up again in any meaningful context.
I was also not expecting the anti-capitalist rants in this book from 1941 lol. It is frustrating though, that people have been criticizing this economic system for at least the past 80 years without any change.
Upon finishing this book, I wanted nothing more than to drop everything and head west to experience the sunrise in the wilderness from the back of a fast horse~