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The Log Cabin Lady - An Anonymous Autobiography
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Jane Bettany
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The Log Cabin Lady is the autobiography of a woman who leaves behind a simple life as a pioneer to enter the privileged and alien world of the rich. Feeling isolated and out of place, she struggles to learn the rules and etiquette that her in-laws expect her to follow. To make matters worse, her husband is posted to England and the Log Cabin Lady finds herself grappling wi
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This is a short but fascinating book. As an anonymous autobiography, you'd imagine it would be hard to get into the head of the author, but I was absorbed by her story from the off. Beginning with her life on the frontier, living with her family in a log cabin, it quickly moves to the East Coast of America and then to Victorian London.
I enjoy social history, so this was a perfect book for me. And although historical, this book will resonate with many women in the twenty-first century because th ...more
I enjoy social history, so this was a perfect book for me. And although historical, this book will resonate with many women in the twenty-first century because th ...more
This narrative is packed with details and advice to nineteenth century women who find themselves in the awkward position of being in society without having been reared to that position. I thoroughly enjoyed both the tone and the details of daily life that she related.
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I am a writer of short stories and non-fiction and have been published in women’s magazines, literary magazines and newspapers.
My journey as a writer began with a childhood love of reading and books (which has grown stronger with every passing year). As an adult, I enrolled for an evening class in creative writing and slowly, very slowly, began to produce my first short stories. I was published fo ...more
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My journey as a writer began with a childhood love of reading and books (which has grown stronger with every passing year). As an adult, I enrolled for an evening class in creative writing and slowly, very slowly, began to produce my first short stories. I was published fo ...more
