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I read a super book this week titled Where Lilacs still bloom by Jane Kirkpatrick The story begins with Hulda peeling apples and complaining about how small the apples are as well as how they don’t peel well, as she makes her pies. As a result... [Read on]
Where Lilacs Still Bloom, by Jane Kirkpatrick, is a wonderful book of fiction based on the life of Hulda Klager. Hulda was born in 1863 and came to America with her family when she was two. With only an eighth grade education she was able to... [Read on]
This novel is based on the life of Hulda Klager, a German immigrant and farm wife, who lived in Washington state around the first part of the 20th century. She had a passion to create something beautiful which led to a consuming passion in plant... [Read on]
The endearing and captivating prose of Jane Kirkpatrick vividly brings to life the whimsy of lilacs and the lives that they inspired in this story of love, loyalty, faith, friendship, and flowers. The novel follows the path of Hulda, of German... [Read on]
This one is another good one from Jane Kirkpatrick. I just love reading her stories. Her characters really come alive to me. This one is suppose to be based on an actual true story. I loved reading about Hulda and her lilacs. In the beginning of... [Read on]
"Where Lilacs Still Bloom" is better than most books I have read from Jane Kirkpatrick. I could actually finish this book. But I just didn't "like-like" it. I've never liked fictionalized non-fiction, and most of the characters were boring. And I... [Read on]
It's spring, and I'm enjoying my first real garden ever, and it's in the dream house I live in with my sweet husband. So, reading the back of "Where Lilacs Still Bloom" by Jane Kirkpatrick, it seemed like the perfect time to give it a try. At the... [Read on]
In Washington State, German immigrant Hulda Klager takes her love flowers, her experience as a farmer's wife, and her limited education to become a bold, adventurous woman when such was absolutely not a normal occurrence. Without the... [Read on]
I struggled with "Where Lilacs Still Bloom". I picked it up and put it back down at least five times. I started it, and it seemed like a book I would enjoy, but the story travels from one character to another and I found it confusing. There may... [Read on]
I just finished reading Where Lilacs Still Bloom by Jane Kirkpatrick. I recently got "into" Jane Kirkpatrick books. I had seen her works and had been intrigued, but for some reason, her writing didn't initially capture my interest. I like... [Read on]