alexalovesbooks 's review for:

The Long Winter by Garth Williams, Laura Ingalls Wilder

4.0

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Oh goodness, but this novel is EXCRUCIATING. There's just so much hardship in this one - the cold, the isolation, the starvation, the extreme rationing. It's not easy to read about such a struggle, and I often felt my heartbreaking for this little family. And yet, it's also the book with the best example of strength and perseverance. They make do with what little they've got, and sacrifice where they have to. Best of all, they have each other to rely on during these hard times, and still manage to look at the silver linings when they appear and no matter how little they are. So even while this is difficult to read, it's also one of the most important books in this series, in my humble opinion.