This story takes place as the Great Depression threatens on two farms in Iowa in the early 1900s. It's been a hard life for Mary living on one farm, Enidina living on another. Neither woman really like each other,they have nothing in common, but they need each other to survive. This story is about pitting neighbor against neighbor during times of hardship. How the instinctual drive for self-preservation by what ever means necessary kicks in. This was a beautifully written novel. I found myself immersed in the lives of these two farm women. Their daily lives of grinding chicken feed, picking tomatoes & peas from the garden, their loneliness, their cruel circumstances, & a life that seemed never to hold anything better for them keep me involved emotionally for the 2 days it took me to read this & still they are on my mind. I loved the book.
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