5 out of 5 stars
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How I discovered this book: Read about it on Sally Cronin's blog
In a Nutshell: See cover!
This book is an absolute delight, and made me want to go back to the 50s and 60s to live Darlene Foster's childhood! It's unusual for me to give 5 stars to a short book of short stories, but I was completely absorbed by this, an insight into a world so different from my own. I could have easily carried on reading more, and was sad when it ended.
Darlene grew up on a farm in the prairies of Alberta, and some of the stories tell of her family and how they got to be there in the first place (A Tale of Two Katharinas - fascinating). My favourite story was A Hero in a Pickup Truck, about her late father, which reminded me of my own. I also loved Warm Hugs, about her 10th birthday and her love for her grandmother.
Darlene's deep attachment to her family shines through in all the stories, which are so beautifully written. By the end of the book, when I read that they'd all, at different times, moved to the city, I felt nostalgic for a life I'd never known.
Loved it. It's a real gem - and you can make the family photos larger on the Kindle version, in order to study them!
