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by Jane. Smiley

  • ISBN: 0002257432
  • Category: Fiction
  • Author: Jane. Smiley
  • Subcategory: Genre Fiction
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  • Language: English
  • Publisher: KNOPF. NY 1998; First Edition edition (1998)
  • Pages: 452 pages
  • FB2 size: 1809 kb
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  • Rating: 4.7
  • Votes: 626
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Lidie Is an Unforgettable Character. The All-True Travels is consistently absorbing, thanks in large part to the strong, vibrant voice of the unforgettable Lidie Newton.

Lidie Is an Unforgettable Character. The All-True Travels is a showcase for Smiley’s range and dexterity, dead-on in its emotional impact and resonant in the painful truths it conveys. San Diego Union-Tribune. Rendered in sharply lucid prose and filled with wonderful period detail. Good Housekeeping "Packed with action in a setting worthy of a Western shoot-’em-up.

Most of the cases, in which the children of sensible and conscientious parents turn out badly, result from one or the other of these causes. strict, severe, and unbending, and the other excessively indulgent, or else the parents are sometimes very strict and decided, and at other times allow disobedience to go unpunished. p. 228THE NETX DAY WAS Sunday. The All-True Travels is a showcase for Smiley's range and dexterity, dead-on in its emotional impact and resonant in the painful truths it conveys. "San Diego Union-Tribune.

The heroine is Lidie Newton, the wife of a slain abolitionist. Dressed as a boy, she embarks on a mission of revenge against his killer. By the author of Moo. Addeddate.

Top. American Libraries Canadian Libraries Universal Library Community Texts Project Gutenberg Biodiversity Heritage Library Children's Library. The heroine is Lidie Newton, the wife of a slain abolitionist.

Smiley at the 2009 Texas Book Festival. Smiley's most recent works are a trilogy of novels about an Iowa family over the course of generations. The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton (1998). The first novel of the trilogy, Some Luck, was published in 2014 by Random House. The second volume followed in the spring of 2015, and the third volume in the fall of 2015.

Jane Smiley's power as a writer lies in her ability to evoke her chosen milieu, no matter how far-flung. The Pulitzer winner is able to vary her settings - from 14th-century Greenland to a modern-day college campus - as well as her tone, never missing a beat. Mr. Wrong: Real-Life Stories About the Men We Used to Love. Audrey Niffenegger, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Harriet Brown, Jane Smiley.

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Smiley takes us back to Kansas in 1855, a place of rising passions and vast uncertainties. Narrated in the spirited, unsentimental voice of 20-year-old Lidie Newton, the novel is at once an ambitious examination of a turning point in history and the riveting story of one woman's journey into uncharted regions of place and self. Richly imagined and superbly written, Jane Smiley's new novel is an extraordinary accomplishment in an already distinguished career.

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Reviews about The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton (7):
Arcanescar
Reading books written in or about past eras brings perspective to present day conundrums. Is America more polarized than ever? Not according to Lidie Newton's experience in the Kansas Territory of 1850. At that time, the issue that divided the country was slavery. Smiley's engaging narrative explores the challenges of trying to live peacefully among people who are passionate on two sides of an issue where morality, social and economic drivers, family relationships, and self-interest are hopelessly tangled.

Smiley does a masterful job of presenting her young heroine's dilemma against a backdrop of history. How do we communicate in a hostile environment? What is at stake? When is it time to take action? Lydie's reluctance to commit one way or the other may not be admirable, but her confusion is genuine. Readers who enjoy the adventure of survival against the odds and the challenge of thinking through moral dilemmas will like the book.
Vetitc
Through the eyes of a young Midwestern woman, a gripping history of abolition in the years just before the Civil War. As a new bride she leaves her childhood home in Quincy, Il for a new life in the Kansas Territory. She and her husband, Thomas, a Massachusetts man, begin married life in the turmoil of impending statehood for Kansas complicated by opposing sides in the slavery debate. Lidie Newton survives personal hardship and political violence with courage and insight. Her views on the attitude toward "honor" of a Southern man versus the "conscience" of a New England man pierced me as true.
This is not an easy read, dense and detailed as the story unfolds, I found myself turning back pages to check an earlier name or scene. But I liked Lidie and wanted stay with her to the end.
Moogugore
I am very picky about the fiction I read because most novels don't hold my interest. This one has become one of my all-time favorites. However, besides the fact that the story is gripping, the characters are fascinating and believable, and the story realistically blends from one "adventure" to another, I am a bit biased because I first saw this book in a bookstore in Topeka, Kansas, and I live in Kansas, and I have been interested in the period of "Bleeding Kansas".
Rias
I love this author, but this book didn't get good for me until the second half. I loved the part about conscience versus honor- much food for thought in these times.
Wymefw
I began reading this book while on vacation in Pawley's Island, North Carolina. The book came with the house (Nichols). I was unable to finish it before our vacation came to an end and was tempted to take the book for myself. I resisted temptation and resolved to purchase a copy for myself as soon as I returned home. Waiting for the book to arrive from Amazon.com was torturous.
From the beginning Jane Smiley draws you into the story with her imagery. I could see myself right along side of Lidie through the entire "adventure". If her heart was broken so was mine. If she laughed so did I. I finished with a sense of actually having visited another time and a sense of having intelligence about the history and mindset of that time. A truly fabulous read!
Thanks Jane ~ for the adventure. I'll never forget it.
Abywis
The story was too long and some issues were too repetitive. I did not finish it. would not recommend it as a book club reading yet there were some points that brought active discussion.
Nayatol
Really enjoyed this historical novellete. I like reading about Victorian times.
I loved this book! Great characters and an interesting telling of this history. I live in Lawrence, KS so it makes it even more interesting.

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