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Jan. 11th, 2020 at 8:45 AM
Bought the book last autumn, finished reading it last week. As I suspected, the truth is somewhere in between--I can't say I cared all that much for the book--many of the stories had been written for, and published in, "The Christian Herald" magazine, which, of course, colors the book. So yes, it's a bit preachy. Besides, it's the author's first non-fiction book, so that is another reason I think it's not as good as "Evening Star". It had a few good passages; as you probably saw, I quoted one the other day, over here
Anyway, it was good enough to finish reading, and inexpensive, and it'll go to The Little Free Library ;)
As a side note, there was a passage in the book which made me grateful for the times having changed...
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It was a passage in which the author mentioned that at one time, she wrote an advice column for a magazine. One of the letters she received was from a woman who had children who asked what she should do, as her husband pushed her around all the time, and then would often throw her down the stairs, "just to complete his morning exercise", as the book's author put it. She of course wrote that "she should take the children and depart fortwith", but the magazine's editor scathingly pointed out that in that case, the husband would have grounds to sue the magazine for "alienation of affection"...
This is why women used to poison their husbands.
:)
(are you familiar with that charming work?)
(although in that particular book, that wasn't why)
...and yes, I hope the wife the author mentions got out...but yeah, there were two things there that struck me, the first being that she needed to write to ask...I mean...
Rather depressing work.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Macbeth_of_the_Mtsensk_District_(novella)
It was made into an opera, too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Macbeth_of_the_Mtsensk_District_(opera)
Apples and carrots YUM! Good for you! Such great things to eat and especially in winter :)
Hehe yes, they were good too :)