Epilogue – Definition: a conclusion, comment, postscript, supplement, addendum, postlude, denouement, swan song, peroration. Does it have to be over? I would rather it not. Every time I picked up Prairie Fires I was engaged and interested, much like I…
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Prairie Fires Readalong – Sunshine and Shadow | Beyond Little House
According to Caroline Fraser, Laura Ingalls Wilder often wrote this at beginning of her fan letters about her life: “It is a story filled with sunshine and shadow” (479.) As with everything in Fraser’s book, there is a reason for…
Laura & Rose and Nancy & Emily: Two Women Writers Talk Prairie Fires, Chapter 12 | Beyond Little House
(Guest post by Nancy McCabe and Emily Anderson, in conversation) Nancy: One of the reasons I chose this chapter is that I’ve always found the relationship between Laura and Rose so intriguing. I grew up regarding everyone in Laura’s…
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