This 1913 [a:Willa Cather|881203|Willa Cather|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1443393955p2/881203.jpg] novel surprised me mostly because of how strong the central character, a woman, is. There are also passages of great poetic beauty in it. I half expected the setting to remain static, like a Little House on the Prairie series novel. That would have made for comfortable reading. But that it shows a time of great change made the book far more interesting and memorable.
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