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smallcoffee
Farmgirl in Training
18 Posts
Susan
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 Posted - Nov 11 2006 : 4:09:02 PM
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| What are your favorite books with a farm theme or setting? Recently I read The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig, and the Abram's Daughters series by Beverly Lewis. Have My Antonia in my TBR pile. Always interested in more! |
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
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Posted - Nov 11 2006 : 4:44:04 PM
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Hi Susan! I love Janette Oke's Season's of the Heart Series (4 books), and also the Love Comes Softly series by the same author.
Bonnie
...she is far more precious than jewels and her value is far above rubies or pearls.
Prov 31:10
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Nov 11 2006 : 5:33:54 PM
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Two other really good books are by, NANCY TURNER, "THESE IS MY WORDS" thats the first book, and "SARAH'S QUILT". You just don't want them to end.
NANCY JO
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JenniferJuniper
True Blue Farmgirl
359 Posts
Jennifer
New Hampshire
USA
359 Posts |
Posted - Nov 12 2006 : 05:53:02 AM
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Babara Kingsolver's "Prodigal Summer" - she is one of my all-time favorite authors, her love of nature comes through in every sentence.
I've always loved the Laura Ingalls Wilder "Little House" series - more homesteading than farming. |
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MagnoliaWhisper
True Blue Farmgirl
2817 Posts
Heather
Haysville
Kansas
USA
2817 Posts |
Posted - Nov 12 2006 : 06:39:37 AM
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| One I picked up a few years ago was in the Ozarks, it was a real life story. No Lace for Cricket (during the depression if I remember correctly), however, it was a sequal to Mountain Mama, which I haven't been able to find yet. But, No Lace for Cricket was very good, about a very hard working mom and daughter and a lot of struggles in life. And they worked on a lot of farms. |
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
Posted - Nov 12 2006 : 08:13:28 AM
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I thought of another one. Christmas in Canaan by Kenny Rogers and Donald Davenport. I picked it up on a sale table last year and I really enjoyed it. It's about racism and 2 boys made to face it. Rural and farm setting...great read this time of year.
Bonnie
...she is far more precious than jewels and her value is far above rubies or pearls.
Prov 31:10
www.beequilting.blogspot.com |
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
2045 Posts |
Posted - Nov 13 2006 : 06:50:01 AM
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I might have mentioned this before, but my very favorite books growing up as a teenager were Helga Sandburg's (daughter of poet Carl Sandburg) Blueberry and Gingerbread. It is the story of a rebellious teenager growing up on a farm on the shore of Lake Michigan and raising horses.
They both seem to be out of print now, I searched in used book stores on line until I found a copy of them, they are just as fresh to me now as they were then.
I also like Pat Leimbach's books - she has been called the "rural Erma Bombeck"
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Nov 13 2006 : 07:48:42 AM
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Heather - I found a copy of "Mountain Mama" on www.half.com for $4.95, plus media mail shipping. I've found a lot of out of print books there for very reasonable prices.
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl
1045 Posts
Mary Ann
Illinois
1045 Posts |
Posted - Nov 13 2006 : 1:28:29 PM
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Jennifer, I'm with you on Prodigal Summer! That was a wonderful book.
I also liked John Grisham's A Painted House. What a sweet story!
How about Cold Mountain? Has anyone read O.E. Roldvaag's Giants in the Earth? I read it years ago, and it scared me half to death! |
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smallcoffee
Farmgirl in Training
18 Posts
Susan
18 Posts |
Posted - Nov 13 2006 : 3:37:14 PM
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| Brenda, the Helga Sandburg books sound like just my thing. I shut my eyes to the stacks surrounding me and ordered them from Amazon. |
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