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| Original Title: | A Lantern in Her Hand |
| ISBN: | 0140384286 (ISBN13: 9780140384284) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Deal Family #1 |
| Setting: | Nebraska(United States) |
Bess Streeter Aldrich
Paperback | Pages: 251 pages Rating: 4.13 | 5143 Users | 656 Reviews
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"Sometimes it all comes over me," young Abbie said to her fiance, "that I can do big things. It's ahead of me...kind of like a light in the woods that shines and stays far away. And when I read verse or hear music...or...sing...it beckons me one, and my throat hurts with wanting to do something great." Abbie Deal did do something great, even if it wasn't what she had dreamed of. And years later, when her children, raised in a rude sod hut, were prosperous men and women of a thriving state, she could say proudly, "I've seen everything...and I've hardly been away from this yard. I've seen the feeble beginnings of a raw state and the civilization that developed there, and I've been part of the beginning and part of the growth. But it's funny," she added, "I was always too busy filling up the youngsters and getting patches on the overalls to notice that I was part of the epic." A strong an vigorous picture of pioneer life. The magnificent story of a young girl who went West as a bride -- and helped to build a nation.
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| Title | : | A Lantern in Her Hand (Deal Family #1) |
| Author | : | Bess Streeter Aldrich |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 251 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 1997 by Puffin Books (first published 1928) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction |
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Ratings: 4.13 From 5143 Users | 656 ReviewsJudge Out Of Books A Lantern in Her Hand (Deal Family #1)
Loved it! The novel, which describes the whole life of a pioneer woman named Abbie, was beautifully written and sprinkled with simple yet profound thoughts. I got so attached to Abbie and Will that the book made me all emotional. The writing style was like a mix between L.M. Montgomery and Janette Oke, with something unique added in.Sometimes a span of 5 years or so was mentioned by only a brief paragraph, which I didn't particularly like, but the author made up for it with detailed descriptionsI read this one for my church book club. As soon as I heard the title, I recognized it as one of my mother's favorite ever books. I read it in high school, upon her insistance, and remembered only that it was "really cheesey." On a second read, it was less cheesey than I remembered (though still a little bit) and in fact, I found it an incredibly sad novel. It's the story of a young girl around the turn of the 20th century, who has all these big girlish dreams of becoming a beautiful singer, a
I'm not a fan of pioneer books. That independant pioneer bravery is foreign to me, a lover of safety and comfort. Waxing romantic on endlessly waving fields just baffling to this devoted mountain girl.But this is a book on motherhood, at heart, one of the most universal topics of all time. And I've never experienced a more poignant description of the endless pouring, pouring, pouring of self that motherhood has been for me.A Lantern in Her Hand came to me at, perhaps, the best possible time. 5
Ah, a beautiful, bittersweet book. It felt epic in places, sweeping over generations, and yet it contained small vignettes and tightly-wound themes that reminded me of a short story.Some of the themes included: * Choices. The choice discussed in the summary between marrying the doctor or the farmer reminded me of the famous Frost poem, about two roads diverging in a wood. That choice really did make all the difference to Abbie Deal and to her posterity. * Loyalty and Friendship. Loved the
I was curious to read A Lantern in Her Hand, written by Bess Streeter Aldrich, who is kind of the runner-up to Willa Cather as a Nebraska pioneer novelist. As with Cather's novels, I enjoyed reading about my (current) home state in the days when it was miles and miles of waving prairie grass and Lincoln was just a tiny town, a long wagon journey away from the characters' sod or log cabin homes, that no one could believe had been chosen as the state capital. Also like Cather, Aldrich deals
I wonder...if I had read this book at a younger age, would it have moved me in the same profound way? I've raised my children, have grandchildren, worked hard (seemed hard to me, tho' almost laughable comparable to Abbie Deal...who's story more resembles my incredible mother-in-law's) done without, had dreams, given up on dreams. So many of the musings Bess Streeter Aldrich's character has throughout her life resemble my own--some of the later ones I hadn't even given words to!What a marvelous,
Wow. I only picked up this book because someone recommended A White Bird Flying by the same author and suggested I read this prequel first. I thought it would just be a simple read to get through before reading the next and was not prepared for the profound truths about which this book speaks.These truths, choosing a spouse, raising your children, dying to self, were so clearly articulated through the fictional character of Abbie Deal. I was both amused and shocked at learning about life on the
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