Edge of Nowhere

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If youā€re interested in historical fiction about life during the Oklahoma Dust Bowl, this is a good book for you. These years (1930s-early 40s) were punishing and poverty-stricken, and that makes this womanā€s life depressing. Plus, she makes some understandable but devastating choices. Well written, slow start, but grabbed me by the heart as it progressed.

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Megabooks I hope you‘re enjoying your vacation!! 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Megabooks Thanks! We are. Just a few more sleeps here in the South before we go back to the cold! š�¶ 5y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage

Edge of Nowhere | C.H. Armstrong

Time for a #bookreport. I‘ve been audiopuzzling and getting a lot read that way. But I‘m balancing tooooo many books right now. Thankfully, I‘m nearly done with ā€Drive Your Plow ...ā€¯

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Cinfhen Lots and lots going on!!! Are most of these audios??? Do U listen via library system too or just Audible?? How‘s Drive your plow?? 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen The square ones have all been audio. Plus also the Rankin. I‘ve got 100s (no exaggeration) of unheard audios in my Audible library. Plus I use Scribd! Not so much the library b/c I‘m impatient. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen Drive your Plow ... def an #eccentricMC and a unique writing style. It‘s odd ... trying to gather my thoughts for the review! 5y

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robinb

Edge of Nowhere | C.H. Armstrong

so-so

This was loosely based on the author‘s grandmother‘s life of surviving during the hardships of 1930s Oklahoma (economy, Dust Bowl, etc.). And while I do not doubt the absolute despair of that time and place, I felt that the never ending atrocities that befell the character of Victoria were too overblown and a bit unbalanced. There‘s suicide, stillbirths, deaths by both ruptured appendix and poisonous snakes, spousal abuse, extortion for sex, ā¬‡ļø¸

robinb ...murder, and I‘ll stop there because I‘m exhausted. š© This ended up being between a so-so and a Pan for me. 3/5āļø¸ #NetGalley #CentralAvenuePublishing 5y

mabell My goodness that sounds exhausting š³ 5y

Smrloomis š³ I definitely couldn‘t keep going with all that š™„ 5y

Freespirit It does sound grimš 5y

robinb @mabell @Smrloomis @Freespirit And I probably left some things out...it was simply too much negativity thrown at me in a 270 page book. š©š³š¤Ŗ 5y

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robinb

Edge of Nowhere | C.H. Armstrong

Up next, #coverlove. But it‘s already a pretty emotional read, and I‘m only 10% in. š”

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