Book Description Responding to an Advertisement, She Crossed an Ocean to Meet a Total Stranger and Became a Mail-Order Bride-Kathleen O'Malley stood on the deck of the Barreth Lily and watched the land she'd called home for more than a dozen years slip from her view. She had thought she would be glad to see the last of it, but she was not. Emotions in turmoil, her whole being yearned to slip from the ship and return to what she knew. Even though Kathleen had not been happy with her situation, it was all she had ever known. As the shoreline faded into the morning mist, her only certainty was that she was bound for America to marry a man whose name she did not even know and whose face she had never seen.On the other side of the Atlantic, Donnigan Harrison anxiously awaits Kathleen's arrival on a prairie farm far from her port of arrival in Boston. He has known the wonder of a dream fulfilled a snug frame cabin, the sturdy log barn and outbuildings, a fine herd of livestock, and crops in the field that made his eyes sparkle. Yet Donnigan felt a loneliness on the western frontier that pierced his very soul. With so limited opportunities for finding a wife, the notion of ordering a wife that once seemed unthinkable had come to make some sense. Now that the time has come, Donnigan feels like a small boy waiting for Christmas.But Donnigan's anticipation is overshadowed with terrifying uncertainties What have I done? And that question is echoed in Kathleen's heart as she nears the po About the Author Janette Oke pioneered inspirational fiction and is the leading author in the category today. Love Comes Softly, Janette's first novel, has sold over 1 million copies. Janette is now the best selling author of over 40 books, 32 of which have been translated into fourteen languages. Janette receives fan mail from all over the world and answers each letter personally She received the 1992 President's Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association for her significant contribution to Christian fiction, and has been awarded the coveted Gold Medallion Award for fiction. Janette and her husband, Edward, have four grown children and nine grandchildren and make their home in Canada. size : 5.2 x 8
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评分我必须强调一下这本书的“真实感”。它不是那种美化到不真实的西部童话,而是直面了那个时代生存的残酷性。无论是物资的匮乏,还是人与人之间基于利益的算计,都被描绘得毫不留情。然而,正是在这样的黑暗背景下,人性的光辉才显得尤为珍贵。那些互相扶持、超越血缘的友谊,那些为了正义和尊严所做的抗争,反而因此更加震撼人心。作者似乎深谙“痛并快乐着”的真谛,她让你感受到痛苦,却又让你在绝望中看到一线希望的微光。这种平衡把握得极佳,让故事既有深度,又不会让人产生阅读疲劳。我发现自己时不时地会停下来,想象如果是我身处那个情境会如何抉择,这本书成功地激发了我的共情能力和想象力,绝对值得反复品味。
评分这本书的语言风格简直是一种享受,它带着一种粗粝的美感,仿佛刚从西部荒原上吹来的风,夹杂着沙砾和自由的气息。作者的遣词造句充满了力量感,那些描绘自然景色的段落,简直就是一幅幅浓墨重彩的油画。阳光如何穿过峡谷,马蹄声在空旷的平原上如何回荡,一切都鲜活得如同亲历。我尤其喜欢作者在塑造主角内心独白时的那种直率和坦诚,没有过多华丽的辞藻去掩饰内心的挣扎和矛盾,一切都赤裸裸地呈现在读者面前。这种坦诚,反而更有打动人心的力量。读完后,我感觉自己的心胸都被这广阔的西部世界打开了,那些困扰在日常生活中的琐事似乎也变得微不足道了。这是一本能净化心灵,同时又能带来强大精神力量的作品。
评分说实话,我原本对这种题材的书抱有一丝疑虑,总怕落入俗套,但这本书完全颠覆了我的预期。它的格局比我想象的要宏大得多。它触及了那个时代社会结构、阶级差异以及女性在父权社会中争取发言权的严肃议题。作者将这些深刻的社会背景巧妙地融入到日常的冲突和情感纠葛之中,让故事在引人入胜的同时,也充满了思辨的价值。我特别佩服作者在处理高潮部分时的笔力,那种紧张到令人窒息的氛围营造,仿佛下一秒就会有突如其来的变故发生。我甚至忍不住跳过一些段落,生怕自己无法承受接下来的情节,但最终还是被那种强烈的求知欲驱使着读了下去。每次解决了一个谜团,又立刻引出了下一个更深层次的问题,这种环环相扣的结构设计,使得整本书的阅读体验酣畅淋漓,毫无拖沓之感。
评分这本书的叙事视角非常新颖,它没有采取那种传统的、高高在上的全知视角,而是巧妙地将读者的情感与主角的命运紧密地编织在一起。我感觉自己就像是那个一直跟在主角身边,默默见证她一切成长的老朋友。最让我欣赏的是作者对情感描绘的层次感。那种朦胧的、试探性的情愫,被处理得极其微妙而真实,没有一丁点儿矫揉造作的痕迹。你看着角色们小心翼翼地靠近,又因为各种外界或内心的阻碍而不得不后退,那种拉扯感,简直能把人虐得又心疼又期待。而且,配角的塑造也极为成功,每一个小人物都有其存在的价值和独特的故事线,他们不仅仅是烘托主角的工具人,而是构成那个西部世界不可或缺的一部分。读到最后,我甚至对某些配角产生了深深的依恋。这本书的文字如同陈年的威士忌,入口醇厚,回味悠长,它讲述的不仅仅是一个爱情故事,更是一部关于自我发现和成长的史诗。
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