Welcome to my weekly post where I look back at some of my four and five star reads before I started Nicole’s Nook.
Today’s book: The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie by Wendy McClure
Publisher: Riverhead
Publication Date: April 14, 2011
Date Read: September 8, 2016
Favorite Quote:
“If being a girl is a frontier all its own, what is the manifest destiny?”
― Wendy McClure, The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie
Goodreads Synopsis:
For anyone who has ever wanted to step into the world of a favorite book, here is a pioneer pilgrimage, a tribute to Laura Ingalls Wilder, and a hilarious account of butter-churning obsession.
Wendy McClure is on a quest to find the world of beloved Little House on the Prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder-a fantastic realm of fiction, history, and places she’s never been to, yet somehow knows by heart. She retraces the pioneer journey of the Ingalls family-
My Thoughts:
This is a memoir that gets to the heart of Gen-X girls who wanted to be Laura. McClure goes on a mission to visit all of the Little House related landmarks, and to live the pioneer life style (she concedes that she’s driving a car and has access to wifi). Along the way she talks about what makes the stories so appealing while still addressing the controversies that surround the books. It’s a journey of self-discovery filled with humor and heart.