Title: No sugar coating
Product review: I was surprised to see the treatment of Nell (the mom). As the book has a copyright of 1940 I didn't expect much at all, but her character had won a trophy for best all-around athlete at Bryn Mawr and she thinks of the difference of being a woman in the west on a ranch as opposed to in a big east coast city. So that was kind of a neat find. (I mean, she still cooks and cleans all day but we see her chafe a bit under these restraints, have fond memories of her active girlhood, and see her wonder at, and perhaps dislike, how she's required to be MORE feminine now that she represents the idea of WOMAN on the ranch).Dang. I forget, sometimes, that it was once the norm to not "sugar coat" childrens' books. Life is rough and sometimes horrible things happen. We see Ken struggle with this. However, life is also sweet and precious. The blend in this book is perfect. Very real and wonderfully written.
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