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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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| Title | : | A Lantern in Her Hand (Deal Family #1) |
| Author | : | Bess Streeter Aldrich |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 251 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 1997 by Puffin Books (first published 1928) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction |
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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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Ratings: 4.13 From 5143 Users | 656 ReviewsAppraise Out Of Books A Lantern in Her Hand (Deal Family #1)
This book was beautifully written! I loved it! It was a simple, yet tender story of a pioneer woman-Abbie Deal. It is a book full of wisdom and so much insight. It is a book about mothering, and grandmothering and people and living. It made me reflect on myself, my own mother and grandma. It had so many wonderful quotes. Some of my favorite were:"Because the road was steep and long,And through a dark and lonely land,God set upon my lips a songAnd put a lantern in my hand."Here is another littleI 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 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
This was one of my mom's favorite books when she was a girl, and when I read it after she recommended it to me, it became one of mine as well. It is the story of pioneer woman who tries to maintain culture and civility in the ever changing and growing West.
5 stars instead of 4 because "It was amazing" even though I did not "really like it". Weird, hunh?I expected a story of the American pioneer spirit and was so surprised to find a love storya love story of and for motherhood. Not romanticized, but rather with all the glory and heartache. Most of the time it was tedious for me to read, only partly due to the fact that it was rather slow-moving.-- I felt it too strongly, related too well to the pain and work and love. I had to labor through this
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,
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