Status Updates From Pale Horse, Pale Rider: The...

"Ah, the family," she said, releasing her breath and sitting back quietly, "the whole hideous institution should be wiped from the face of the earth. It is the root of human wrongs," she ended, and relaxed, and her face became calm.

Pale Horse, Pale Rider: The best of the 3. MC is a character from the first novel, Miranda, as an adult working for a newspaper. She meets Adam. The time period is near the end of WWI and the beginning of the Spanish Flu epidemic.

Noon Wine 3.5

The Thompsons run a very run down dairy farm. One day an immigrant comes along looking for work. Mr. Thompson and Mr. Helton agree on a wage and Mr. Helton gets the farm running and turns out into a profitable business. Then a tragic event happens that changes all of their lives.

A bit of a rough around the edges story that reminded me of a cross between Cather and F. O'Connor.

Old Mortality 3.5. A story of stories told based around one family

"Her mind closed stubbornly against remembering, not the past but the legend of the past, other people's memory of the past, at such she had spent her life peering in wonder like a child at a magic-lantern show."

second story is amazing. first story is ok