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# A Wilder Rose: A Novel

**Brand:** susan wittig albert
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A Wilder Rose: A Novel

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## Customer Reviews

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    Not a biography
  

*by S***S on Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2018*

In the forward, the author says this is the true story of how the Little House books came to be written. Actually, it’s a good imagining. This is a novel, first and foremost. That means, by the very definition, that it isn’t true.The bond between Laura and Rose was tenuous, at best. Rose was a modern woman, while her mother came from a different time. Laura cared very much what the neighbors thought. Rose wanted to say goodbye to the sleepy town she lived in and do what she wanted. By herself, Rose had an interesting life. And Albert subscribes to the theory she was a closet lesbian. Which I agree with. Rose comes across as many a younger generation to the older-exasperated with their refusal to keep up with the times. Almanzo comes across as a bit of a pushover when compared to his wife. Laura appears as a class conscious harridan, horrified of change.Pluses: Albert doesn’t sugar coat the Wilders’ lives. She shows what it was like during the depression, and how Laura from the Little House books is not the same Laura Rose grew up with. The writing is well done, and the dialogue seems real.Minuses-for me the biggest one is that I disagree with her viewpoint. I don’t believe Rose basically the LH books. Now, the first 3 books, LHITBW, FB, and LHOTP, I can see Rose’s hand in those writings. After that, I believe Laura was the driving force behind them. Having read Let the Hurricane Roar/Young Pioneers, I feel Rose’s writing style is different from her mother’s. When Laura couldn’t remember things, she depended on Rose’s writing skills, but as the books aged she was better able to tell her point of view. Also, Rose is not a very likable character. Again, to me she isn’t.Overall, it’s a good novel. But do not be fooled into believing that Albert has solved the LH mystery.

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    Skip this one
  

*by J***E on Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2015*

I have read most of Ms. Albert's mysteries and have enjoyed them greatly. I have always thought she was a wonderful writer--until I read this book. The topic--who wrote The Little House books?--isn't earthshaking but I knew that before I started. However, I expected more from the author and the cover and the really good reviews. Because I'm leading book club on this, I had to finish and I was cursing the entire time. This is the most boring, repetitive book ever with the least sympathetic heroine. Rose is always whining and unhappy, feels she's being taken advantage of, used, and yet does nothing to stop this but complain and complain and complain.  By the end of the book. I decided everyone in the family was terrible which fairly ruined any desire I had to re-read any of the books I loved as a child.  Ms. Albert certainly did her research and she shared every bit with us.  DO yourself a favor--read one of the CHINA books. They are terrific. You'll love them.  Avoid this one.

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    Seeing Little House a bit older and wiser
  

*by B***L on Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2018*

A sensitive and very revealing telling of the lives of two very strong women: Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane. It is interesting because this does look at the period when Rose was growing up but when Laura was growing older. It also was that period in America's life — after WWI and into the Depression, when not only were the Wilders struggling, the whole nation was. The world was changing for both these women and dealing with that and their complex relationship is what gives potency in the story.But there is the whole issue of how much did Rose contribute to the writing of the "Little House" books. I believe, that how it was represented in the book, is closer to the truth. After all, telling stories about your childhood is one thing, writing columns for small town newspapers is another and then writing books that would later become beloved by thousands of children is very, very different. And Rose had the writing experience and knew that it wasn't just telling the story, but how its shaped and massaged for your audience that makes or breaks the tale. But that aspect of it has been debated ever since the books came out and neither woman would reveal what actually happened. So in the end it is up to the reader to see it as they believe.A thoroughly enjoyable read by a talented author.

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