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Title: The Diary of Mattie Spenser by Sandra Dallas ISBN: 0-312-18710-6 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.32 (44 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Strong women live here
Comment: After finishing the Persian Pickle Club, I immediately had to have more more more of Sandra Dallas. I like the diary format, and the story introducing us to the diary was nice, but not as exciting as the story itself. I could not believe all that happened to Mattie in her lifetime, and wanted more of a what happened later type "sequel" after I finished this....but, it was a marvelous read and none of the events that happened seemed a bit contrived, since no doubt this is what happened to people in that generation....maybe not as frequently as it appears in the diary, but we must remember that in fact, a lot was true. The births, illnesses, and even deaths of small children, young mothers and old alike is a fact. I loved Mattie's diversion with one of the bachelors and probably wouldn't have been so kind and forgiving to her husband as she was, but life in those days was so different. I could not in my wildest imagination have endured what she did. As a character she was real and I admire her greatly for what she survived. Sandra Dallas did it again. And I look forward to her latest since I'll be needing it after finishing Buster Midnight's Cafe!
Rating: 5
Summary: Like peeking into an actual personal jounal...
Comment: I have now read three of Sandra Dallas' four books and have loved all three. This book is about a young woman who heads west to Colorado, married to a man she hardly knows. I kept forgetting at times that it was not a true story. The book details the hard life on the Colorado plains, her husband's wandering eye and heart and her heartbreaks and triumphs. This is NOT a romance novel but more like a history of one pioneer woman, her friends and her life. After reading Ms. Dallas' first two books, I e-mailed the author to tell her how much I have enjoyed her novels and she actually answered the e-mail back herself! I was really surprised at that. She is currently working on another book to be out sometime next spring and I am anxiously awaiting its publication. This is just a good solid read, hard to put down...
Rating: 5
Summary: An emotional story!
Comment: "The Diary of Mattie Spenser" is an exceptional book! If you're looking for a sugarcoated tale of a woman's life in the West, then look for another book. Dallas' book illustrates the nitty-gritty things women endured while traveling west and once settling. The standards women needed to abide by were treacherous and merciless. I felt an array of emotions while reading this: pity and strength for Mattie, repugnance and detestation towards Luke, ardor and fondness for Tom, etc. Women may have been the "lesser" sex, but men could not endure what the women had. I recommend.
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Title: Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas ISBN: 0312283784 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Buster Midnight's Cafe by Sandra Dallas ISBN: 0312180624 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas ISBN: 0312147015 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Chili Queen by Sandra Dallas ISBN: 0312320264 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 Arizona Territories by Nancy E. Turner ISBN: 0060987510 Publisher: ReganBooks Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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