Bones Of Plenty Book

My Bluestockings book club discussed this book on Saturday, and Hudson's portrayal of the difficult life of North Dakota farmers in 1933-34 received high marks. Her commitment to historical veracity in terms of the political climate, the crisis in agricultural due not only to the drought but also the manipulation of prices on a national and international level, and the desperation of farmers losing their livelihoods raises the importance of this gripping novel to an important level. It is iconic in the same way that John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" has become. The trials and experiences of the nine-year-old girl, Lucy,reminded me of some other remarkable studies of children in other great novels: Scout, Pip, Mary Lennox, David Copperfield, Huck Finn, and, most recently, Abdullah in "And the Mountains Echoed."