The First Four Years

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This is the last book in the Little House series. It was published posthumously and it is a harsher, more honest book than the writing in the other eight books.

It tells the first four years of Laura and Almanzo's marriage. These first years are hard, but Laura does a lot of growing up.

The farming part seems to mostly be a failure. A hailstorm, hot winds, fire, just a series of unfortunate events that caused their wheat crops to fail. But they also manage to successfully raise livestock.

Laura also gives birth to two children during this four year period, the only child to survive, a girl named Rose, was born first, but later on, Laura also had a son who died mere weeks after birth.

Laura's emotions in this book are much more raw than they were previously. I felt Laura's pain. I felt her joy.

But I wish that this book was more like the others. More directed towards the child-like wonder. But it was a good book otherwise - short, but good.