Status Updates From Fair and Tender Ladies

Last section is a round up with some grandchildren quickly mentioned and Joli, her first child has a divorce and is a writer with a PH.D. Other children are doing well. She refuses to lives with others. She knows she is growing old and is fine with it.

Ivy's brother came to visit - a high and mighty revival preacher but rotten to the core. In her letter she curses him. Very emotional section.

Ivy has 5 living children including twins and 2 buried. She irrationally falls for a roving Beeman (brings bees to a farm. Comes home from spending several weeks with him to find one of her children died.

Ivy is being pursued by two men, one rich but no good and the other a coal miner who is always dirty.
She likes being a mother.

Ivy attends a revival and almost get baptized but holds back. She is attending school and has been asked to go to Boston with her teacher but hesitates.

Part II in my book is page 149 and 26%,
Many changes, deaths and the family has moved into town because they can't keep the farm up after death of father.

In spite of spelling and grammar, reading is easy but can be tedious in spots.
Additional characters are introduced. Her father dies and there is a wonderful section about his burial.

Hard to read because they duplicate the exact same bad spelling and phrases as she wrote.
Otherwise very chatty ad down to earth and interesting.

(just re-reading to make sure it’s still one of my favorites! it is!)