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Choices Author: When her father kills himself during the Depression so that his family can live on his insurance money, Melinda realizes that she will not be happy leading the genteel life desired for her by her mother. Joining the Red Cross rather than making her debut, she becomes embroiled in a bloody coal-miners' strike in Kentucky, where she witnesses firs... more »
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Well written story that keeps moving along making it impossible to put down. Melinda is eighteen when her dad dies and she volunteers for the Red Cross. Her journey begins taking care of those in the coal mines of the Cumberland Gap and proceeds to Spain, Italy and back to America. She marries, adopts two children because they need her and lives a life of putting everyone ahead of herself.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
It was good, a neat story about life during the depression.
Genres:
- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Contemporary
- Literature & Fiction >> World Literature >> United States