My Antonia

[clumsily reworked from my Goodreads review of my personal Summer reading favorite]

Why did I never read Willa Cather before? Reasons pale.  There is so much life here, so well described and portrayed. Nebraska farms and towns come to vivid life. In my most surprising moment of recognition, there is a traveling performer who appears under a different name, in a concert in a Nebraska hotel on tour, described as a Louisianan but a sure enough ringer for Blind Tom Wiggins, the Georgia pianist: refer to Wikipedia, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Tom_Wiggins . This is only one small chapter of a lovely book, in which a young male narrator and immigrant women including Antonia, all come of age together.

Got to read some more Cather.

Highly recommended. 

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