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Except for Me and Thee: A Companion to the Friendly Persuasion

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Not until page 198 I realized what was the time frame of the book. I knew it was yesteryear, but was unable to pinpoint it till more than halfway through it.

I was curious about this author because Jessamyn West lived in the Napa Valley. As I had never read anything by her (or knew anything about her), I decided this was the right thing to do.

This is a simple story, I believe a sequel, about the lives of Quakers in the early to mid 1800s. There's pioneering, race relations issues, faith, following what is right despite what your church says, and much more. Not a very dramatic novel, but cute enough. I had a hard time with the "thee", and would translate it to "you" in my head to understant the sentences better.

Two things I liked:

"George Harmon, like Talbot Birdwell, put horse-radish in his cider, hardening into vinegar, to discourage his hired men from sampling it. But the cider had already begun to bead, and George Harmon had yet to add the horse-radish. So the girls fetched a cut-glass pitcherful up from the cellar, set out tumblers, and prepared to entertain as stylishly as if they were Episcopalians".

I imagine that "begun to bead" means that the cider started to ferment, making little bubbles, or beads, on the surface.

"But if you think a thought often enough, sooner or later it will get said"

This is so true.