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Title: Tragic
Review: It took me forever to read this novel because it is very, very descriptive and very long. I also found the story very depressing even though it is truly very well written.The story starts in the hills of Kentucky during World War II and Gertie is trying to get her sick child down the mountain to a doctor. She is a strong willed woman who will do anything for her children.The story progresses from the mountains of Kentucky to Detroit, where Gertie's husband take a factory job. Gertie leaves the Kentucky home that she loves due to her mother's nagging and her husband's insistence.From there the story goes down hill and never returns to anything good for Gertie or her family. The story is a treatise on city versus the country and also on industrialization and farming.I can not recommend it since it was so depressing, with one tragedy after another and because it was very tedious reading.
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