A House of Many Rooms

by Rodello Hunter

"...a story of country America, a family chronicle of the Woodrows, a Mormon family who lived a semi-rural, village life around the turn of the century."

Genres: Fiction, Lds

240 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1965

Reviews

[Teresa Segura · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’d been wanting to read this memoir for a while, and I was lucky to find a tattered copy at a thrift store. The story itself was engaging and touching, but it was especially enjoyable because we live in the same valley where the author was raised. It was fun to hear bits and pieces of places and things that still exist, such as the Heber Creeper.

[Mindy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not sure how I feel about this book. It was a sweet story and left me with a good feeling at the end but it lagged a bit for me because nothing really happened the entire book. It was full of great quotes though that I loved! Such as this, "they had known it all. Pain enough to appreciate its absence, bitterness enough to appreciate the sweet, sorrow enough to appreciate happiness."

[Janice · Rating 5 out of 5]

A story of a large Mormon family in the early 1900's.
Funny. Great insight.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

A funny, fascinating memoir of a wonderful Mormon family at the turn of the century in a small Utah town.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Humorous story of a large Mormon family growing up at the turn of the century. It made me laugh out loud, cry, and I didn't want to put it down.

[Rose Buchanan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful story

[Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting story on a Morman family from the early 1900's.

[Carrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a lovely story this was! I truly enjoyed every minute of it. Highly recommended.

[Ginny Thurston · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a lovely book about a family...similar to Little House on the Prairie and would be appropriate for middle schoolers. It covers lots of history from 1890’s through Ww1 and beyond. Some truly beautiful description and touching moments. It is about a rural Mormon family near Provo although the family is large, there is only one wife...although the history of polygamy is discussed. It touches on many social issues and the dangers of coal mining in Park City area. It is interesting to see all the new inventions starting to happen: plumbing, electricity,cars. They gave one paragraph to the flu pandemic... which I was very interested in learning more about.

[Holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

My grandmother gave me this book when I was young. Much like my daughter today, I didn't want to read it because I thought it looked boring. But I read it then, and I read it to her now. We laughed a lot and cried a little. It's a great memoir.

[Marci · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun read! Like Little House on the Prairie

[Mathew Stucki · Rating 5 out of 5]

In my mind this is another classic. We not only read it, we lived it

[Jan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exceptional characters, life stories.

[Kayli · Rating 5 out of 5]

Re-read personally, and it really held up. just as good to me at 42 as it was at 14 (honestly, maybe even more touching). After reading it myself I started reading aloud to my family on our camping trip when we were waiting in the van for the rain to stop, and everyone was interested, even my 12-year-old son who considers a lot of things dumb. He kept asking me to read it around the campfire or when driving.
Anyway, I love it. Find a copy somewhere and buy it- it's absolutely worth it.

[Hazel Bell · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was interesting in that it was told like a relative reminiscing and telling stories. You leapt from one short story to another like a train of thought. In this way, the story was very personable. It felt important, like it needed you to remember the stories because they are a part of you.

[Catherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

about a mormon family in heber city, utah. I read this aloud to my children when they were young. I also was in a reader's theater written from this book. lovely.

[Chad]

We had this at home when I was growing up. I think I read parts or all of it, but don't remember it well. I'd like to read it again.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Moving story of a large Mormon family.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love these kind of books. Interesting passage about a Mormon president in it.