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Filaree: A Novel of American Life (A Zia Book)

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We all love Marguerite in this part of Arizona. She always has a hug and a big smile for everyone. She lived a rough life on the Arizona frontier but it polished her into a living pearl. Her book tells it like it was. Filaree is FACTION, not fiction. It's required reading in this country.

This book was so fascinating that I didn't want to finish reading it because I loved the characters so much. The author really takes you back into the lives of all of the intriguing people in her story. A wonderful escape for anyone who loves historical novels. I'll be ready for more books from this wonderful writer.

The reader feels the struggles and hardships of this pioneer woman as she strives to cross into Indian Territority with her family. One also shares in the successes in her life. This story is based on a true account of the life of one woman in the family and names have been changed to prevent offending family members.

This author is gifted in expression of thoughts and feelings, as well as describing situations.

I knew Margarite from when I was a child because some of the characters are my Family. I grew up meeting a lot of these people and getting to know my history Margarite was a great writer and the story is almost true to life from the stories that I heard. Margarite was a great person and friend to the family up until My grandparents passed away. Please read it will give the insight of what life was like for these people so rich in the land and the ranchers that worked in Arizona and the women who stood by their men working and working side by side on the saddle raising children like my great grandmother.

I highly recommend this book if you enjoy frontier sagas that are not sugar coated. I enjoyed this book as much as Willa Cather's novels. Another great read is The Mirror.

The book is great. While reading the book I felt like I was right there with her. The book tells the story of a woman's life in territorial Arizona. For anyone who has been here or lives here they can relate to all the places she describes. I felt like I traveled back in time.

It is one those books that leaves you wishing for more.

This is not "Little House on The Prairie"! This is the real deal. It talks about country life and how difficult it is on men - and especially on women. It talks about the loneliness, and the importance of having family and friends. The novel is supposedly based on the life of the author's mother. If so, then her mother was one strong woman. In the book, the character's name is Melissa. She was only 15 when she married a man many years older than herself and settled into a less than happy marriage. She bore one child after another, and struggled to help provide for them. The story follows Melissa and her family over many decades. As the Country and the World changed, Melissa adapted to the changes as best as she could. She tried her hand at many different jobs. She refused charity.
I really loved this woman, and this book. It rang so true. I read it in one day, as I couldn't put it down.

This is not "Little House on The Prairie"! This is the real deal. It talks about country life and how difficult it is on men - and especially on women. It talks about the loneliness, and the importance of having family and friends. The novel is supposedly based on the life of the author's mother. If so, then her mother was one strong woman. In the book, the character's name is Melissa. She was only 15 when she married a man many years older than herself and settled into a less than happy marriage. She bore one child after another, and struggled to help provide for them. The story follows Melissa and her family over many decades. As the Country and the World changed, Melissa adapted to the changes as best as she could. She tried her hand at many different jobs. She refused charity.
I really loved this woman, and this book. It rang so true. I read it in one day, as I couldn't put it down.

Hard life, strong people. This is wonderfully written non-fiction that reads like a novel. You want to be there, to lend a helping hand, or at least a shoulder to cry on, and in the end you'll feel like you know the Filaree ranch and Marguerite's family history as your own.