Book Synopsis: The Missouri Ozarks supply a background for these humorous, homey, inspirational stories of a farm childhood soon after the turn of the century. Three generations of the Bell family live in harmony under one roof, each member influencing the lives of the others as time and the season roll along and the events of the farm year unfold. At River Valley Farm, country life is depicted at its picturesque best.
First there is the approach of fall, with the smell of wood smoke on the frosty air; then winter, with the snow lying deep on the countryside and the farm animals gathered snug in their barns. Excitement mounts with the approach of the Christmas holidays. There are pies and cakes to be made, and gifts to be hand - stitched. When spring approaches, the wait anxiously for the day when the soil is free of winter's grip, and very soon after there are green shoots in the fields. Summer, the crown of the year, brings the ripple of golden grain, cattle seeking the shade from the noonday sun, and the hear waved shimmering and dancing in the dusty road.
Written in a light, easy style, WIDE MEADOWS brings an account of a country auction, of mouth-watering food being prepared for some special occasion, of how a long-time community quarrel was settled at a Christmas program, of how Papa came to be sheriff and how Mama paid for the set of the encyclopedia. The author tells, too, of how she and her sister brought linoleum for the kitchen without reading the fine print, of how and unusual Thanksgiving gathering turned out, and how an interesting romance developed.
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