A disarmingly involving portrait of a family struggling to stay together through the Great Depression, The Cape Ann is an unforgettable story of life from a child’s-eye view. Lark Erhardt, the six-year-old narrator of The Cape Ann, and her fiercely independent mother dream of owning their own house; they have their hearts set on the Cape Ann, chosen from a house catalog. But when Lark’s father’s … catalog. But when Lark’s father’s gambling threatens the down payment her mother has worked so hard to save, Lark’s mother takes matters into her own indomitable hands.
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Lark Erhardt is six-years-old in 1938, a young girl struggling to make sense of the grown-up world around her in the midst of a the Great Depression. She lives with her parents in a single room at the train depot, where her father works – steadily, unlike many in small-town Minnesota in this time – but she dreams of the day her family with leave …
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Loved the child’s point of view, and her perceptive observations of people. I was sad to see it end.
Loved this book! This is a “dealing with life” book and it’s not about everything turning out all sweet and nice. It’s about the difficult decisions people have to make throughout life and how they handle them. It speaks to the issue of making tough decisions after lots of careful thought and planning and then, because of that, carrying through …
This book dealt with a realistic story of poverty and how a little girl who with her mother dreamed of a better life and the only way they were going to get the better life was to face those that were keeping it from happening. I loved this book and the little girl that was telling the story was so engaging you felt like you knew her or someone …
I usually rate books I’ve read on a scale of 1-5 stars. However, I rated this one 10 stars!!! When I first saw that the book was told from the viewpoint of a 6-year-old, I hesitated but because it was about the Depression Era and my parents lived through that, I was anxious to read more of what life was like at that time. I related to so much …
I loved the is story so much! The historical backdrop was interesting as well as the point of view. The story is told from the point of view of a 6 year old girl. Sweet and sad, funny and heartwarming. Loved it!
Great book.. the ending was realistic with a bit of sad yet hopeful. Shows one woman’s struggle for a better life through the eyes of her very observant daughter.
There is life as seen…and life as it is actually lived behind closed doors. Never judge.
This was a very well written and enjoyable book. It did seem however that the family lived pretty well for the depression era – having pork chops most every
night and a roast every Sunday.