From Penguin I received The Little Bride by Anna Solomon. I love to read historical fiction set in the United States. They are few and far between these days so when I saw this one, I jumped on it.
Here is the blurb:
When 16-year-old Minna Losk journeys from Odessa to America as a mail-order bride, she dreams of a young, wealthy husband, a handsome townhouse, and freedom from physical labor and pogroms. But her husband Max turns out to be twice her age, rigidly Orthodox, and living in a one-room sod hut in South Dakota with his two teenage sons. The country is desolate, the work treacherous. Most troubling, Minna finds herself increasingly attracted to her older stepson. As a brutal winter closes in, the family’s limits are tested, and Minna, drawing on strengths she barely knows she has, is forced to confront her despair, as well as her desire.So I can't wait to read this one. Sounds interesting.
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This sounds like a good book to me! I was just in Odessa for the first time a few weeks ago. It was definitely the prettiest city that I visited in Ukraine.
ReplyDeleteWow, sounds intense! I spent some of my formative teenage years in South Dakota and I love fic set there. Is this religious/inspirational hist fic?
ReplyDeleteNeat looking book. My grandmother was from Odessa and ended up in North Dakota
ReplyDeleteMeg - That's so cool that you visited there recently!
ReplyDeleteAudra - I don't really know - I don't think so? I can't really find anywhere that is "classifying" it yet.
RAnn - very cool!
I'm fascinated by the idea of being a mail order bride - that must have been so scary!
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