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The Long Winter
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
There was a lot to enjoy in this super depressing book where everyone almost dies of starvation and cold.
As usual, the narration and fiddling is phenomenal, and the story is just gutting. So many things go wrong, but juuuust enough manage to go right that the family scrapes by. Almanzo's back, and he's in the book the perfect amount.
Maybe this book is particularly relatable because it's 2020 and so many of our lives have become a similar mix of peril, isolation, and mind-numbing routine, but this book was mostly bleak, partially triumphant, and really struck a chord with me.
(As usual, the book loses points for racism. This one has the usual terrible depiction of native people, but this time there's 100% more Pa singing minstrel songs!)
As usual, the narration and fiddling is phenomenal, and the story is just gutting. So many things go wrong, but juuuust enough manage to go right that the family scrapes by. Almanzo's back, and he's in the book the perfect amount.
Maybe this book is particularly relatable because it's 2020 and so many of our lives have become a similar mix of peril, isolation, and mind-numbing routine, but this book was mostly bleak, partially triumphant, and really struck a chord with me.
(As usual, the book loses points for racism. This one has the usual terrible depiction of native people, but this time there's 100% more Pa singing minstrel songs!)