Spring Came on Forever by Bess Streeter AldrichAcclaimed for her 1928 novel A Lantern in Her Hand, Bess Streeter Aldrich became one of the most widely read interpreters of the prairie pioneer experience. In 1935, she published her masterpiece, Spring Came on Forever, a novel of two Nebraska pioneer families from settlement to the 1930s. Elsewhere an artist of the romance, here Aldrich turns romance on its head. The heroine is Amalia Holmsdorfer, one of a band of German immigrants who settle on the

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and mother cooks up the whole show

Then Mary discovers a secret garden

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Thomas lives with her family and dogs in Oceanside

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This is an impeccably attuned ­biography of a woman who broke the rules to the benefit of all

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complete with projects and tips for which containers work best

taking part in the sleeping bag triathlon

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