What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 13, 2020?

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14. Whose Names Are Unknown by Sanora Babb

Originally written and slated for publication in 1939, this long-forgotten masterpiece was shelved by Random House when The Grapes of Wrath met with wide acclaim. In the belief that Steinbeck already adequately explored the subject matter, Babb's lyrical novel about a farm family's relentless struggle to survive in both Depression-era Oklahoma and in the California migrant labor camps gathered dust for decades.^B Rescued from obscurity by the University of Oklahoma Press, the members of the poor but proud Dunne family and their circle of equally determined friends provide another legitimate glimpse into life on the dust-plagued prairies of the Southwest and in the fertile, but bitterly disappointing, orchards and vineyards of the so-called promised land. Babb, a native of Oklahoma's arid panhandle and a volunteer with the Farm Security Administration in Depression-era California, brings an insider's knowledge and immediacy to this authentically compelling narrative. A slightly less political, more female-oriented, companion piece to^B The Grapes of Wrath. Margaret Flanagan
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This writing is beautiful. Great descriptions of the land and the narrative rings true. I'm only 1/4 into the story and love the people like my own family.

Not a lot of time for reading these days. 2 little kittens who were tossed into a ditch are now in my care and they are both sick. Poor little mites.