The Trouble with May Amelia

from Jordanlaine

This book took me a while to get into becasue I couldn't find anythign to connect with in the beginning. It's the story of an only girl with seven brothers who lives on a farm and is growing up in poverty. She is constantly mocked for being a tom boy, but manages to overcome the harassment. Her f...

from lillibrary

May Amelia and her Finnish family of seven brothers live along Washington state's Nasel river in the early 1900's.

from RobertaLea

I enjoy family stories. Ms. Holm has taken her stories from ancestral diaries. Very good. A Unique and pleasant voice.

from fingerpost

Very much a continuation of "Our Only May Amelia." In fact, they could almost be just bound together as one book. The one continuing plot line involves May's father investing heavily in a company planning to build a port town, and the results of that investment. However, much of the book is the t...