It likely helped that she told Mrs. Robertson that Beethoven wrote the piece for her. Mrs. Robertson was tolerant of Elise's imagination but not my lack of talent. Mrs. Robertson was ancient, and her house smelled of cooked cabbage, ...
With honesty, poetic intensity, and the deadpan humor of Paulette Jiles and Charles Portis, this novel tells the story of characters tested as much by life on the prairie as they are by their own churning hearts.
Prairie Fever
'A remarkable new book' Daily Mail 'In this fascinating history Peter Pagnamenta tells the stories of these aristocratic pioneers with an eye for both comic and sympathetic detail' We Love This Book 'A parade of colourful personalities and ...
"Mary Biddinger is a beguiling shape-shifter, one who suffuses her writing with electricity and alacrity of language.
Expansive and intimate, this novel tells the story of characters tested as much by life on the prairie as they are by their own churning hearts.