Downloadable Guide for Group Discussion and Classroom Use “[A] moving and substantial contribution to the literature of the changing contemporary Midwest, and a welcome reminder of the peace that open spaces and extended silences can confer.” —Washington Post Book World Kathleen Norris’s first nonfiction book, published in 1993, was praised by critics, writers, and [...]
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The Real Minerva by Mary Sharratt
About the Book A riveting, old-fashioned story with a modern spirit, Mary Sharratt’s The Real Minerva is the tale of three women forging their own paths in the midwestern farming community of Minerva, Minnesota. In 1923, as book-loving Penny enters adolescence, her mother pulls her out of school to go to work. Penny, the [...]
