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Winter Wheat

Mildred Walker

Paperback | Pages: 306 pages

Rating: 4.08 | 2020 Users | 369 Reviews

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Title	:	Winter Wheat
Author	:	Mildred Walker
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 306 pages
Published	:	December 1st 1992 by Bison Books (first published January 1st 1944)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Classics. Young Adult. Coming Of Age

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For this Bison Books edition, James Welch, the acclaimed author of Winter in the Blood (1986) and other novels, introduces Mildred Walker's vivid heroine, Ellen Webb, who lives in the dryland wheat country of central Montana during the early 1940s. He writes, "It is a story about growing up, becoming a woman, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, within the space of a year and a half. But what a year and a half it is!" Welch offers a brief biography of Walker, who wrote nine of her thirteen novels while living in Montana.

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Original Title:	Winter Wheat
ISBN:	0803297416 (ISBN13: 9780803297418)
Edition Language:	English

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Written over sixty years ago about ranchers living in remote parts of Montana, this old fashioned coming of age novel has a surprising currency. Its bittersweet portrayal of human relationships has a deep ring of emotional truth, and its understanding of the constantly shifting nature of identity makes it almost postmodern. Meanwhile, it can be read with a kind of page-turning breathlessness that keeps readers hoping that everything - against all odds - will somehow turn out for the best. Most

Mildred Walker's writing is deceptively simple. It moves at the pace of life, so slowly that it's almost imperceptible until we can look at it in hindsight. You have to keep reading and trust that the plot movement and character evolution will come. It will. Be patient. Walker's writing reminds me of Willa Cather or Edith Wharton. Her imagery is haunting. She used the metaphor of winter wheat in ways I'd never think of. This coming-of-age story is of a young woman newly off to college in 1940,

I really enjoyed this book. It is about a young woman who has lived her life on a farm in Montana. There is enough money to send her to college back east which allowed Ellen to spread her wings. It is not boring, but it feels casual and easy to read. I think I am reminded of Willa Cather's writing and that may be a reason I liked this book so much.

An interesting look at the life of a young girl in Montana and dry-land farming in the 1940's. I felt that the book was an ode to the land and lifestyle, and a coming of age story. There is a lot said about the beauty of the different seasons on the farm, and about the main character's (Ellen) struggle to decide if she wants to accept her parents (with all their perceived flaws) and her life there, or leave for love and a different life. In the end, she learns to see her parents as they really

In 1944, Winter Wheat was nominated for the National Book Award. This title has been on my "to-read" list for several years now and I'm sorry I did not read it sooner. Soft and gentle in tone, it vividly brings alive the lifestyle of the Great Plains in the years following World War I. Without knowing it, Mildred Walker has written my own mother's story so it feels extraordinarily authentic.This is the story of a young girl ready for college and love. Both turn out to be more exciting and more

It took a while for this book to "grab" me, but once it did I was hooked. I loved the metaphor throughout the story of winter wheat and its comparisons to love and life. As Ellen's mom said, "That don't mean nothing. We get mad, sure! Like ice an' snow an' thunder an' lightning storm, but they don't hurt the wheat down in the ground any." (The strong, good wheat can still grow through the toughest of times.)

Reminds me of an adult version of the Laura Ingalls Wilder stories, set at the cusp of the United States' entry into WWII. As such, it has much more nuance and focus on characters and their inner lives than just plot and adventure. But if you liked that setting, reading about the difficulty and triumph of their lives on the prairie, you might also enjoy this book.