A Daughter of the Land (The Bestsellers of 1918) Review
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"A daughter of the Earth" is a book I read, because my mother to my grandmother in this book came to me. I got way back up in my teens and I read it then. It was difficult and depressing … History of the Child 12, a daughter who was a slave in the house expect for his family, while other children a lot of comfort and wealth have earned their strict but with lots of family agricultural holdings. Yuk.
I did when I was about thirty years, and read it, I thought maybehad misjudged. No, it was yuk.
At a conference in 2006, the author of this book (Gene Stratton-Porter was) strong for other works that I recommend you read … and … to be loved. His books inspire my recommendations and comments addressed. Soo … I have "a daughter of the earth" one more chance. It was humbling to remember that the book is not at fault, it was me who did not yet sufficiently developed. Suffering is indeed still a problem, but if in spite of hope and humility and loveDisappointment. It was about the vision and the wisdom and consequences of these stupid, but it was not moralizing. "My daughter is" not like his other works. It is a humanity that is more pronounced, yet the nobility seems richer.
A Daughter of the Land (The Bestsellers of 1918) Overview
Kate Bates is another Gene Stratton-Porter unsung hero in the tradition of Elnora Comstock, of A Girl of the Limberlost, and Freckles and Laddie, of books of the same name. As the youngest child, and female, in a large prosperous farm family, she has been designated as her mother’s helper in old age. Kate finds this unfair since all of the brothers have been given land and the older sisters sent to teacher training. With the help of a nephew and sister-in-law, she defies her parents, becomes a teacher, leaves home. Her real ambition, however, is to own and cultivate a large farm. After rejecting the easy path to her dream, she suffers through a bad marriage but ultimately acquires her land and achieves happiness.
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