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The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
4.0

Pretty intense description of deprivation. This is the novel in which we come to realize that no matter how self-sufficient Pa is, he is still dependent on the society around him. In some of the descriptions of Pa as a bearded hollow eyed man, he comes across a little less than the glowing hero we're used to. Also, what was up with the scene where he feasted on pancakes with the Wilder boys while his own family was starving in the cold back at the house?

The descriptions of the cold and the struggles are very vivid.