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Wow. Wish there were a 4 1/2 stars button. I listened to this one, but I wish now I had read it so I could underline some of the beautiful passages. This story is written as a journal of a young girl set in 1660ish in Boston and surrounds. It asks interesting questions about religion, good and evil, the worth of education, the role of women, family relationships, political expediency, and what happens to us after we die. All as part of a beautiful descriptive narrative. I do not know how much historic truth it contains, but at some level it just doesn't matter. It is about people making their way through a different time and place, and that is enough.

Thanks Deborah for the recommendation!!! Def. very different from her normal books.

Written just before the turn of the century (1899), this book was a bold statement by Kate Chopin. It was on banned books lists for years because the author dared to give voice to the unspoken ideas that women have lives, minds, thoughts and desires that cannot be dictated by the men in their lives. Some have called it the original of the "romance" genre. As far as literature goes, I found it difficult in the beginning and it totally failed to stir any real emotion for the characters. As far as history goes and a look into the lives and minds of the women in our past, it is worthy of the time spent. Enlightening, but not terribly entertaining.