Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser

Synopsis:

This is a non-fiction book about Laura Ingalls Wilder, her life, childhood, and the truth behind the Little House Series.

Review:

I loved this book and found it to be very fascinating and interesting. If you are a fan of the Little House Series, I highly recommend this book.

“As far as Laura was concerned, with him went all the music and joy of their years together. Gone were the songs of her childhood, his easygoing ways and cheerful determination, his adoring gaze.”

“His most remarkable gift was a deep and profound contentment with what he had. Despite all the losses and reversals, the perils, the hunger, the always disappointed hopes in the next harvest, he was satisfied in the life he had chosen. He cherished his wife, his children, and his music.”

“It is the simple things of life that make living worthwhile, the sweet fundamental things such as love and duty, work and rest, and living close to nature.”

“She understood the meaning of hardship and struggle, of joy and work, of shyness and bravery. She was never overcome by drabness or squalor. She never glamorized anything yet she saw the loveliness in everything.”