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4.0
Saccharine sweet, naively written Victorian era americana. No bombs, no zombie apocalypse, the only bad guy is an old (misunderstood) grumpy mcgrumperton.
Interesting side note: besides the nostalgia, it was interesting to me to get glimpses of home life before electricity/refrigeration. At one point it was mentioned that the cottage cheese (homemade) hadn't gone off and could still be eaten for dinner. The butter and milk had to be carried from the spring house to the kitchen. The girl assigned this chore was a bound orphan...bound into service because her parents had the bad taste to die and leave her destitute.
Read the free kindle version and it was surprisingly good, very few typesetting errors.
Interesting side note: besides the nostalgia, it was interesting to me to get glimpses of home life before electricity/refrigeration. At one point it was mentioned that the cottage cheese (homemade) hadn't gone off and could still be eaten for dinner. The butter and milk had to be carried from the spring house to the kitchen. The girl assigned this chore was a bound orphan...bound into service because her parents had the bad taste to die and leave her destitute.
Read the free kindle version and it was surprisingly good, very few typesetting errors.
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