I came across this book by accident, flipping through an audiobook catalogue and stopping on the author's unusual name; I am grateful for this piece of good fortune. In Bittersweet, Nevada Barr has created an amazing and devastating portrait of life in the Old West, specifically, Nevada of late 19th century. Two women, Imogene, a schoolteacher from Pennsylvania, and Sarah, one of her former students, try to carve a life out of a world hostile to them. It is tragedy, love story and landscape porn all rolled into one. I'll remember these vistas for a long time to come. For those of you interested in stories that follow the struggles of women in eras past, or for those who love a good Western, I cannot recommend this read more highly. (4/5 Stars)
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Bittersweet by Nevada Barr
I came across this book by accident, flipping through an audiobook catalogue and stopping on the author's unusual name; I am grateful for this piece of good fortune. In Bittersweet, Nevada Barr has created an amazing and devastating portrait of life in the Old West, specifically, Nevada of late 19th century. Two women, Imogene, a schoolteacher from Pennsylvania, and Sarah, one of her former students, try to carve a life out of a world hostile to them. It is tragedy, love story and landscape porn all rolled into one. I'll remember these vistas for a long time to come. For those of you interested in stories that follow the struggles of women in eras past, or for those who love a good Western, I cannot recommend this read more highly. (4/5 Stars)
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