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Book Review of The Diary of Mattie Spenser

The Diary of Mattie Spenser
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CONTAINS SPOILERS Very well written and probably accurate, but at a certain point I just couldn't take another calamity befalling this poor woman. Every crisis of the plains that you can imagine happens (blizzard, tornado, Native American attack, hailstorm, crop failure, dust storm) and many personal tragedies too (stillbirth, miscarriage & death of child, domestic violence & death of neighbor, adultery, depression). The look of the book and the tone of the diary make it feel pleasant, but the contents are not!