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The Farm in the Green Mountains | Alice Herdan-Zuckmayer

I had a different selection of books lined up, but this morning my tastes were completely different. Here are my choices for the September #NYRBbookclub read. Interested to see what grabs your attention. @vivastory

@BarbaraBB @sprainedbrain @emilyhaldi @mklong @youneverarrived @LeahBergen @Leftcoastzen @Liz_M @merelybookish @MicheleinPhilly @GatheringBooks @saresmoore @sisilia @Theaelizabet @batsy

sisilia 😍 I vote for

The World I Live in

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sprainedbrain I‘m also voting for

mklong It sounds so delightfully weird, I have to go with

Tanisha_A I would like to join as well, and this does sound unique as @mklong pointed out.

BarbaraBB Thanks Sue for some great choices. My vote goes to

vivastory Great choices! My vote is for

batsy My vote is for

GatheringBooks Nice! I vote for

Theaelizabet Hard choice!

LeahBergen Oh, great picks! Let‘s see... I‘ll vote for

Leftcoastzen I‘m going for

Suet624 Poor Helen!! No love!!! 🤣🤣 4y

merelybookish I will vote for

LeahBergen Aww, Helen, I still love you. 😂 (I do! I even visited her birthplace/house in Tuscumbia, Alabama) 4y

emilyhaldi Love your eclectic choices 🤗 While I would love to give Helen a vote, I think I'm going with

The Pilgrim Hawk: A Love Story

Liz_M I don't own any of these, but I'll vote for the one I have been eyeing

vivastory The nominations for September selection are up @Reviewsbylola 4y

Reviewsbylola My vote is for

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The Farm in the Green Mountains | Alice Herdan-Zuckmayer

I was a virgin NYRBer until @saresmoore sent me this lovely book. I read it a year ago and was captivated by the memoir of a European woman fleeing the war and arriving in Vermont. Her stories and life events were so interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

vivastory

vivastory I haven't heard of this one before, it sounds fantastic though! 6y

Mtroiano I loved this one! 6y

LeahBergen This sounds wonderful! 6y

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Suet624 @vivastory @leahbergen I particularly enjoyed it because I knew the area that she was writing about, but there are so many details from that period of time that are fascinating. 6y

Suet624 @Mtroiano I‘m so glad you enjoyed it. 💕 6y

sisilia Adding this to my wishlist 😃 6y

Suet624 @sisilia I‘m surprised you don‘t have this already. 😁 6y

sisilia @Suet624 Hahaha I‘m still the baby in #NYRBClassics world. I own 77 and have read only 17; most that I own are those ‘basic‘ titles 😄 (edited) 6y

Suet624 @sisilia 77? Holy cow!!!!! 6y

sisilia 🙈🙈🙈 6y

batsy This sounds so good! 6y

kspenmoll Sounds lovely, especially as it is set in Vermont. 6y

Suet624 @batsy it‘s a wonderful glimpse into the life of aristocrats learning how to live on their own. 😀 6y

Suet624 @kspenmoll it‘s so good! I gave my copy to someone - I don‘t remember who! Otherwise I‘d send it on to you. 6y

kspenmoll @Suet624 Thanks! Books are for sharing! 6y

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The Farm in the Green Mountains | Alice Herdan-Zuckmayer

Just started this beauty and I‘m already sucked in. I‘m so glad my husband got me a subscription to the NYRB Classics book club a couple of years ago. The selections are all 100% books I would not have chosen myself but I have loved (or at least really liked) them all. The beautiful covers are just the icing on the donut! #nyrb

emilyhaldi I‘ve loved every NYRB that I‘ve ever picked up! 6y

LaraReads That‘s really beautiful! 6y

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The Farm in the Green Mountains | Alice Herdan-Zuckmayer

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Herdan-Zuckmayer‘s family were forced to flee Germany in the 1940‘s. They settled for 5 years in Vermont. She highlights the differences between the way Europeans and Americans live, outlines the joy and despair of living on a farm, writes of her love of the Dartmouth College library, talks about telephone party lines, the war years, and brings the past to life. Many thanks to @saresmoore for a book I knew nothing about. I loved it. #MountTBR 5

Suet624 @NHLibrarian, you might be particularly interested in the Dartmouth College history and library section. 7y

saresmoore Great review, Sue! I‘m so glad you liked it! 7y

LibrarianToujours @Suet624 Ooh! Thanks for the heads up 7y

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AlaMich This sounds great, and I love NYRB! 7y

Suet624 @AlaMich I think you‘ll like it! 7y

kspenmoll Sounds delightful! 7y

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Oh my! Their gloomy desire to die. 😂😂

Dolly 😬 7y

saresmoore The same could be said for parents and children! Although, in addition to antibiotics, most children are medicated with sugar and interactive screens. (Wow, I must be feeling a bit cynical today!) 7y

Suet624 @saresmoore I completely agree with you. 7y

kspenmoll @saresmoore Like it! 😂 7y

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The Farm in the Green Mountains | Alice Herdan-Zuckmayer

“Owner had left some chairs, tables, and writing desks in the house, and the rest I ordered on the installment plan from Sears and Roebuck, that fabulous mail-order house for everything that one needs in life.”

I remember looking through old copies of this catalog and they did, in fact, sell anything and everything. Pre-Amazon.

saresmoore Ah, the days of the Pre-Amazon era... 7y

Jeg @Suet624 In the 50s I was a child in NH. My mum used to get the Sears Catalogue. She would store the old ones in the basement. I spent hours flipping through them. 7y

Suet624 @Jeg Yes! Me too! And I‘d pick one thing out of each page that I would buy. Of course we had no money so it was all play but I loved that catalog. 7y

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The Farm in the Green Mountains | Alice Herdan-Zuckmayer

Thoughts about a Vermont winter. Written in 1949, I‘d have to say I feel the same way in 2018.

PurpleyPumpkin I feel the same about Canadian winters. ❄️ 7y

MayJasper Sad 7y

Suet624 @PurpleyPumpkin Brrrr.... earlier in the book a farmhand who moves to Alaska writes to say the winters are milder in Alaska. 😁 7y

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Suet624 @MayJasper In the past farmers and homesteaders didn‘t have much time to play in the snow. Now lots of vermonters spend time doing winter sports. I mostly read and wish it could be a bit warmer. It‘s a beautiful place to live and so I stay 😁 7y

MayJasper Vermont sounds beautiful. The writing made me feel sad. 7y

Jeg I think that is why my Aussie mum was glad to bring us all back after ten years in NH. I love visiting the New England States but don‘t think I could do a winter . As a kid it was great fun though. 7y

Suet624 @Jeg oh, your mom was smart. 😁. I think you‘re right that kids have the best time with the weather. With the right clothes you can play outside for hours, skiing, sledding and skating. 7y

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