Caroline by Sarah Miller
I believe I found this book through the library’s list of top books of 2017. This book is a retelling of the Little House stories but making the mother the main character instead of the daughter. Thus we follow Caroline as she struggles to be a good mother and fallow her husband who is full of wanderlust as they head west.
Overall I enjoyed this book. It had much of the same kind of warm fuzzy feeling to the original books that i remember but it is definitely an adult book. There is a lot of Caroline trying to figure out how to be a good mother and wife and wishing she could do things that her husband can and such. I should note that although they elude to religion (they have to stop for the Sabbath) there is nothing preachy about this book.
My biggest problem with this book was probably the ending. I don’t know if I was too eager to get through it or what but it seemed like it kind of fell apart near the end. Also suddenly it became very adult and there was a sex scene. Additionally I had forgotten how the book ends and yeah, the ending felt very frustrating and inconclusive.
Honestly if it hadn’t been for that sex scene, I would have liked this book so much more. I felt like it was doing such a good job at hinting at it without having anything and then suddenly it was all there.
Anyway, overall a good book. A really interesting look at motherhood (especially for someone like me who has never been a mother) and what life was like back then. I especially enjoyed trying to comprehend what it would have been like to be pregnant and travel by covered wagon. So many things I never have experienced. I probably won’t continue on (I think it’s a series) but it was a decent read (minus that frustrating unnecessary moment).
Caroline on Amazon
#61 of 2017
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