The Train to Estelline: The First Novel in a Trilogy (Lucinda Richards Trilogy)

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9781574410785 ISBN: 1574410784 Label: University of North Texas Press Manufacturer: University of North Texas Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 210 Publication Date: 2000-01 Publisher: University of North Texas Press Studio: University of North Texas Press
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Editorial Reviews: The Lucinda 'Lucy' Richards trilogy, spanning the years from 1911 to the 1930s, has everything good books should have: a variety of landscapes, characters of all ages and social classes, an overall tenderness that never lapses into sentimentality, and a sense of the comic amidst the tragic. Lucy is feisty, funny, and completely open-armed about life. Josh passionately confronts danger and greed and prejudice with courage and humor and, sometimes, with bare fists. Even the minor characters are so rife with color that you first turn the pages quickly to see what they will do next, and then you turn them slowly so as to savor each page of this remarkable trilogy. "I have longed for a wider world, a great adventure. And now it's here. I'm so happy I can hardly breathe". So ends seventeen-year-old Lucinda Richards's diary entry for August 17, 1911, starting her job as the new school teacher for the White Star school in West Texas. Jane Roberts Wood brings to this delightful and affecting epistolary novel a tender touch and a wry sense of humor.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: The Train to Estelline Comment: TRAIN TO ESTELLINE is the second Jane Roberts Wood book I read, after A PLACE CALLED SWEET SHRUB. Both are delightful. The letter/diary style of TRAIN chronicles the life of a young woman leaving home to begin her teaching career at the turn of the century. The reader feels like something of a voyeur following events while being privy to the private thoughts of the young woman. It is a charming book which leaves one a little envious of the innocence, the naiveté of Americans living in that period. Customer Rating: Summary: Disappointing and odd typesetting Comment: The book was highly recommended to my twelve year old daughter. Because Annie dislike fantasy and science fiction, I purchased the trilogy based on a brief overview. Annie likes adventure, problem solving, and "chick flicks" She adored Legally Blonde and I hoped that Customer Rating: Summary: Not the best in the Trilogy.... Comment: After reading the reviews on all three books in this series I bought all three. The Train to Estelline is a bit chopped up and doesn't really flow very well. Not my favorite type of read. They story is an enjoyable one with many things to learn about life on a ranch in West Texas. A very hard life, and strong people. I can only tell you to read this but don't stop here.... the best is yet to come. A Place Called Sweet Shrub is the best in the series. Customer Rating: Summary: The voice of Lucinda Richards rings true Comment: Lucinda Richards has accepted the job of teaching in Estelline, Texas though not even 18 years old. She leaves all that is familiar and comfortable and begins a new life in West Texas. The story is conveyed in letters to loved ones back home and diary entries. It details the life of a young woman in 1911, facing the changes that come both in her life, and to the lives of the people she comes to care for and love. It is the details that ring true, the differences in stations in society, the hardships faced by families, and the expectations on a young , single woman. I think this would be a great book for a mother-daughter bookclub to read. Customer Rating: Summary: Desolate but Beckoning, Promising Hope Comment: Open the cover of this book and slip into the early part of the past century. A lively 18 year old has adventures no one could quite imagine when she leaves behind her sheltered existence to teach school out in the dust, wind, and sun parched plains of West Texas. For every step taken forward, Lucinda Eliza Richards becomes aware of the detours the must take to get there. Nature and humanity are ruthless and capricious and the plethora of obstacles and hardship is occasionally overwhelming. A very frank and fair look into these lives and times. Well written and honest. More Reviews