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Quite a heartwarming story!
Two women, Hennie Comfort and Nit Spindle meet because of a sign on Hennie's house that reads "Prayers For Sale." Nit approaches the house very tentatively but Hennie makes her feel at home and invites her in. Soon they develop a lasting friendship. Hennie is 86 years old and has lived in Middle Swan, a Colorado mining town, for most of her life. 17 year old Nit and her husband have just moved to town after her husband got a job there. It is not an easy place to live due to the weather, altitude, dangers, noise and some of the men workers and inhabitants.
Hennie sort of takes Nit under her wing and loves sharing her endless fount of "stories" that help pass the time as well as teach the listener a little something about life at Middle Swan and life in general. They both realize they have had a similar tragedy and that fact only serves to bring them closer as friends. At the end of the Great Depression, women folks help one another when they can if any of them need something to help them get better or to lighten their load. Real camaraderie.
I actually loved this story and found it to be my favorite book by Sandra Dallas. It made me wish I had a friend like Hennie when I first married. She is a whirlwind of activity and a source of information as well as knowing almost everybody in town and asking for their help if someone needs it. We are also treated to Hennie's life before moving to Colorado and when her name was not Hennie. Secrets that have been never revealed before.
If you enjoy good well-written stories about women folks in the 1930s and of them living on the land, birthing, doing all the household chores and quilting, you will like this story. Give it a chance. You will leave with a better feeling for reading it.
Two women, Hennie Comfort and Nit Spindle meet because of a sign on Hennie's house that reads "Prayers For Sale." Nit approaches the house very tentatively but Hennie makes her feel at home and invites her in. Soon they develop a lasting friendship. Hennie is 86 years old and has lived in Middle Swan, a Colorado mining town, for most of her life. 17 year old Nit and her husband have just moved to town after her husband got a job there. It is not an easy place to live due to the weather, altitude, dangers, noise and some of the men workers and inhabitants.
Hennie sort of takes Nit under her wing and loves sharing her endless fount of "stories" that help pass the time as well as teach the listener a little something about life at Middle Swan and life in general. They both realize they have had a similar tragedy and that fact only serves to bring them closer as friends. At the end of the Great Depression, women folks help one another when they can if any of them need something to help them get better or to lighten their load. Real camaraderie.
I actually loved this story and found it to be my favorite book by Sandra Dallas. It made me wish I had a friend like Hennie when I first married. She is a whirlwind of activity and a source of information as well as knowing almost everybody in town and asking for their help if someone needs it. We are also treated to Hennie's life before moving to Colorado and when her name was not Hennie. Secrets that have been never revealed before.
If you enjoy good well-written stories about women folks in the 1930s and of them living on the land, birthing, doing all the household chores and quilting, you will like this story. Give it a chance. You will leave with a better feeling for reading it.
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