| Anna Reardon is an illiterate teen-aged orphan with a 13 year-old brother, James who were both raised in a brothel. Unable to make a living in Boston, she agrees to become a mail-order bride. Unfortunately, in order to do so, she must fabricate nearly everything about herself. James helps her to do this by writing to Karl Lindstrom, a handsome Swedish immigrant with a farm in Minnesota.
Karl is kind, hard-working and very moral. When he meets "his Anna", he's shocked to see she has none of the skills he thought she would have and is much younger too; in addition, she has brought along her younger brother. Karl and Anna are married and begin their struggles. Anna must regain Karl's trust, which is a struggle, as lie after lie emerges about Anna and her past. | ||
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Plot & Themes Time/era of story - 1600-1899 Romance/Romance Problems Yes Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Lover is Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - a teen Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 20's-30's Profession/status: How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 () Farm/Ranch? Yes Farm/Ranch: - farm Writing Style Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - touching of anatomy - actual description of hetero sex - Boob talk! Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript |
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