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The Real Minerva (2006)

door Mary Sharratt

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Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:A "memorable [and] entertaining" novel of three strong women in 1920s small-town Minnesota by the author of Revelations (The Washington Post Book World).
Winner of the Willa Literary Award
Finalist for the Minnesota Book Award
In a Midwestern farming community in 1923, as book-loving Penny enters adolescence, her mother, Barbara, pulls her out of school to send her to work. Destined to become a cleaning woman like her mother, Penny sees no escape from her bleak existenceâ??until a scandalous figure arrives in the town of Minerva, Minnesota: Cora, very pregnant, very headstrong, and very alone, has come to make a home on her grandfather's farm.
Intrigued by this curious new resident, Penny sets out to work for Cora, setting into motion events that will change multiple lives. Drawing on her mother's and grandmother's stories of Minnesota farm life in the early twentieth century, acclaimed author Mary Sharratt has created a suspenseful and moving novel about the strength of women and the unexpected friendships that form between them.
"A paean to the bond between mothers and daughters . . . engrossing." â??Booklist
"Wonderful." â??Caroline Leavitt, New York Times-bestselling author of With or Without
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This story takes place in the functional town of Minerva, Mn. Young Penny lives with her mother, a cleaning woman for the Hamiltons and has to deal with Irene Hamilton, a girl her age. Irene treats her like dirt. After she realizes he mother is having an affair with Mr. Hamilton (Mrs. is in a nursing home with some unknown disease that has left her a vegetable); Penny has problems with the anger she has towards her mother. Penny ends up, somewhat accidentally helping Cora Egan, a new unusual resident who lives on a farm in the middle of nowhere. An unexpected bond forms between then that lasts their whole lives. A very good book! ( )
  camplakejewel | Sep 25, 2017 |
While Minerva is a town in the story. I think there is significance in who Minerva is. Minerva is the Roman goddess of wisdom who is equated to the Greek goddess Athena.

Who is the real Minerva here? This book takes us along for a ride with three women who seem destined to fail. Each must rise above their pasts. Who will survive and come out successful? These three women all show growth and development throughout the story. I wound up liking all the women in the end. They are all doing the best they can in a man’s world. I really enjoyed this one. It shows us that love and family can exist between people who are not related. The climax has an interesting twist and the ending is a good one. This is another book that would definitely be great for a book club. I give this one a 4 out of 5 stars.

Why aren't there more reviews on this? It was definitely worth reading!! ( )
  Pattymclpn | Jul 8, 2014 |
I really enjoyed reading this book.It was a quick and an interesting read. It is the story about 3 different women who have in common that they are strong even though they might not know it.
Some of the plot was a surprise to me and that does not happen that much so that was nice. I am planning on trying to find this author's first book and i hope she will write more. Loved The Vanishing Point. ( )
  Marlene-NL | Apr 12, 2013 |
I really loved this book. ( )
  krsball | Mar 22, 2007 |
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Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:A "memorable [and] entertaining" novel of three strong women in 1920s small-town Minnesota by the author of Revelations (The Washington Post Book World).
Winner of the Willa Literary Award
Finalist for the Minnesota Book Award
In a Midwestern farming community in 1923, as book-loving Penny enters adolescence, her mother, Barbara, pulls her out of school to send her to work. Destined to become a cleaning woman like her mother, Penny sees no escape from her bleak existenceâ??until a scandalous figure arrives in the town of Minerva, Minnesota: Cora, very pregnant, very headstrong, and very alone, has come to make a home on her grandfather's farm.
Intrigued by this curious new resident, Penny sets out to work for Cora, setting into motion events that will change multiple lives. Drawing on her mother's and grandmother's stories of Minnesota farm life in the early twentieth century, acclaimed author Mary Sharratt has created a suspenseful and moving novel about the strength of women and the unexpected friendships that form between them.
"A paean to the bond between mothers and daughters . . . engrossing." â??Booklist
"Wonderful." â??Caroline Leavitt, New York Times-bestselling author of With or Without

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