The Little Bride : A Novel (Paperback)

from ken1952

Don't let the cover art or the back description lead you into thinking this fine novel is just another ho-hum pioneer saga. Anna Solomon has written a dark, brooding story about Jewish immigration to the United States in the 1880s. Could make a gem of a book for reading group discussion. The char...

from bookfest

In the opening scene of this book, Minna is undergoing a humiliating physical examination. The reader does not yet know that it is because she is to be a mail order bride. As the story evolves, we learn that Minna's mother abandoned the family and, eventually, her father dies. As a Jewish orphan ...

from blodeuedd

I think the beauty with this book was this quietness over it, this stillness and contemplation that what happens happens. Which also makes this one hard book to rate, because even if I liked the story and so on I would rate it one way. But then I look at the writing and the feeling and it has to ...

from mt256

The Litte Bride by Anna Solomon takes place in the late 1800s. The story begins in Odessa with the first glimpse of Minna. Minna is sixteen years old. She commits to a marriage that is arranged by an agency that fits wealthy, established Russian Jews with young brides. Although Minna is excited a...

from Candacemom2two

Okay, this wasn't the book for me. But I'm going to do my best to explain why. First of all the writing style was really different. It was third person but told in a way that I just couldn't connect with the characters or the story at all. And on top of that I just didn't care for Minna. She just...