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nancyadelman 's review for:
The First Four Years
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
I told myself I wasn't going to read this book as it wasn't even written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. A couple weeks go by and I confused this book with another, and found myself reading it. Okay, Laura Ingalls wrote some of it, probably an outline sketch, but then an "adopted grandson" found the manuscript and decided to make a quick buck. And that's what this book feels like... an attempt to cash in on Laura Ingalls.
The book is pretty short, only 135 pages and Laura's distinctive author "voice" is mostly absent. It feels and reads like someone else wrote it pretending to be Laura. The Laura in this book is mostly concerned with money and seems ambivalent about visiting her family. Pa is present for only one sentence. There is some singing but no fiddle. The story follows Laura and Almanzo for the first four years of married life, beginning with their wedding day (which is lifted entirely from "These Happy Golden Years." There are crops to be brought in and ponies to ride and cows to milk. Laura gets pregnant and gives birth to daughter Rose. There are surprise winter storms, a tornado, illness, and a fire to deal with in this book.
I'm only giving this 2 stars because it totally reads like someone cashing in on Laura Ingalls' life. It was just okay and I doubt I will read it again.
The book is pretty short, only 135 pages and Laura's distinctive author "voice" is mostly absent. It feels and reads like someone else wrote it pretending to be Laura. The Laura in this book is mostly concerned with money and seems ambivalent about visiting her family. Pa is present for only one sentence. There is some singing but no fiddle. The story follows Laura and Almanzo for the first four years of married life, beginning with their wedding day (which is lifted entirely from "These Happy Golden Years." There are crops to be brought in and ponies to ride and cows to milk. Laura gets pregnant and gives birth to daughter Rose. There are surprise winter storms, a tornado, illness, and a fire to deal with in this book.
I'm only giving this 2 stars because it totally reads like someone cashing in on Laura Ingalls' life. It was just okay and I doubt I will read it again.