Rediscovered Classics: The Town (Series #31) (Paperback)

from SeriousGrace

When we rejoin Sayward she is in her late forties and has given birth to ten children. Nine have survived. She is witness to the transformation of the wilderness into a civilized community but she can remember when she started her young life in the deep woods of Ohio with trees all around. In awe...

from fuzzi

The Town concludes the saga of the Luckett/Wheeler family, as Sayward ages, her children grow up (sometimes), and the society changes as well. Poignant, moving, and a good follow-up to the other Awakening Land books.

from CherieDooryard

This was not nearly as compelling as the first book, not even as compelling as the second, but I'm still very glad I read it. If you want to learn about what it felt to be the last of the pioneering generation, if you want to discover one of the most compelling characters in American fiction, thi...

from LisaMaria_C

Richter received the Pulitzer Prize for The Town, the third book of the trilogy about American pioneers. The trilogy is mostly told through the point of view of Sayward Luckett, who was fifteen years old when she came to the Northwest Territory with her family in The Trees. She described her firs...

from LisaMaria_C

Richter received the Pulitzer Prize for The Town, the third book of the trilogy about American pioneers. The trilogy is mostly told through the point of view of Sayward Luckett, who was fifteen years old when she came to the Northwest Territory with her family in The Trees. She described her firs...