Connie's Corner

On Surprising Books

A book I didn't think I would like but pleasantly surprised me is...

ASIN: 1561641162	A Land Remembered Product Type: Book
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This book was an assignment for some class I took, usually a turn-off right away. In my mind the title conjured up something stuffy resembling a walk through Florida with a John Muir type, not really a story, just a "you feel about this place the way I do". I was wrong on all counts.

Although it is a book of history and culture, it shows the reader a picture of what Florida was like through the eyes of three generations of the MacIvey family. They are a fictional family but they could be real and while reading the story, they become real. They start out as poor people struggling just to survive but they have a deep-rooted sense of the value of place and people, and that is the hook.

I've never called myself a Floridian though I've lived here over thirty years, but after reading A Land Remembered, I am proud to be one even if I am a transplant.

until next time...c