Weeds

by Edith Summers Kelley | Women's Fiction |
ISBN: 1558611541 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingbuttonbrightwing of Raleigh, North Carolina USA on 3/4/2003
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Journal Entry 1 by wingbuttonbrightwing from Raleigh, North Carolina USA on Tuesday, March 4, 2003
I am buying books from the outside shelves at The Readers Corner (a Raleigh used book store) and releasing them at the NCSU Official BookCrossing Zone. This is one of those books. If you like it, take it and write a journal entry at www.BookCrossing.com - its easy and anonymous. Then when you are done with it, find a nice place to release it.

Originally published in 1923, "never has life in rural Kentucky been more searingly told. It is the story of one of the fullest heroines in modern fiction, Judith Blackford, who must battle the institution of marriage and the social forces that threaten to cripple and ultimately destroy her potential."
"Judith is one of the strong, straight children, brought up in poverty on the family farm, determined to escape the life she sees around her but inexorably pulled into it by pregnancy, marriage, and unending work. Despite the hardships, there is something triumphant in this story that comes both from Judith's indomitable, fighting personality and from Edith Summers Kelley's ability to show the raw beauty in a world laden with pain and frustration."

Journal Entry 2 by Geologygirl from Cary, North Carolina USA on Tuesday, March 11, 2003
Another interesting find at a meet-up. Look forward to reading this Lost American Fiction title. Thanks

Journal Entry 3 by wingbuttonbrightwing from Raleigh, North Carolina USA on Thursday, April 17, 2003
WEEDS tells the story of poor tenant farmers in rural Kentucky with great power and simplicity. The book's unique greatness comes from it's portayal of this life through the eyes of a spirited and analytic young woman. Set in a ten year period just around World War I, we watch this creative and resilient woman face the overwhelming challenges of rural life. The story is filled with the details of the everyday drudgery and hopelessness of a poor farmer's wife. Though dark, it always has a glimmer of hope and resoluteness that is inspiring. A wonderful novel for women's studies and people interested in rural sociology. Originally written in 1923, Weeds is a classic work that sheds light on both these fields.

Journal Entry 4 by Geologygirl from Cary, North Carolina USA on Tuesday, May 13, 2003
This was an interesting read. The story had it moments of hope, while giving what seemed to be a pretty realistic depiction of how life was like for rural women around the turn of the century.

A side note - my dad once told me about how his grandmother saught a divorce from her abusive husband, which would have been around this time period. Even though this was extremely scandalous for that day and age - she got the divorce and raised her family on her own afterwards. After reading this book, I think my great-grandmother had the same driving spirit as Judith did - but in this case, with no abuse, divorce was not even considered by Judith. An interesting contrast to the perception of marriage and relationships, then and now (not saying that incompatibility is a reason to remain married - but that the options have changed so much......I'm babbling and should stop not)

Journal Entry 5 by schmetterling from Durham, North Carolina USA on Tuesday, May 13, 2003
This book has been talked-up a bit at prior MeetUps so I am glad that its reader before me was kind enough to remember to bring it for sharing. I look forward to contributing to the journal for this volume.

Journal Entry 6 by schmetterling from Durham, North Carolina USA on Sunday, January 11, 2004
Hey, it's over here.

Journal Entry 7 by schmetterling from Durham, North Carolina USA on Saturday, February 5, 2005
I promise that I am trying to read this book, and that it is not just sitting on my shelf collecting dust. I started it about a month ago, but it doesn't seem to be the "right" time for me to read a book like this: I seem to want nonfiction or humourous types of books. But I will finish!!

Journal Entry 8 by schmetterling at Deco Free Book Drop in Raleigh, North Carolina USA on Saturday, October 15, 2005

Released 18 yrs ago (10/14/2005 UTC) at Deco Free Book Drop in Raleigh, North Carolina USA

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