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Beth's Fella

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This is a delightful, charming memoir that Ms. Strong has written. Beth's Fells is a beautiful coming-of-age story that follows the life of a girl and her best friend, a beautiful horse. It details how the girl dealt with her life as her sight began to fade more and more as she reached adulthood and had a family.

This book is written in an easy-to-read style that lets you feel like you intimately know the family. The characters are well developed and pull you right into the action of the story. You come to love these people and cheer Beth on as she meets every challenge with strength and spirit.

The illustrations by Kay Payne help to move the story along as you vision the different happenings in Beth's life.

Beth's Fella is a book young people will enjoy reading. It teaches about horses and those that love them. It also helps children learn how to deal with disabilities. Thank you, Ms. Strong for sharing your story with us. This book will be on many shelves as a keeper for a long time.

Children enjoy learning about what life was really like on a farm in the 1950's through the 1980's. The author's website also has details about farm life in the previous decades and suggestions for the best ways to use this book. Children also learn what it was like to have an eye condition which slowly robs the main character of her eyesight (retinitis pigmentosa).
The story is autobiographical covering 33 years of her life. That is how long the horse she raised lived. The author doesn't dwell on the handicap. Instead the reader enjoys her adventures, learns some history, and is inspired by an optimistic person who has a strong faith in God.