I can't count the number of times I read this book. Even after it had been dropped in the bathtub, the binding broken and the pages were loose, I held it together with a rubber band and read it several more times. It was evetually lost in one of our many moves more than 20 years ago. I am thrilled to find out it's still available and will be reading it at least once before I pass it on to my daughter.

I read this book years ago and passed it along to my grandmother and great aunts. They were very touched by the book and said it beautifully depicted the era. They grew up in similar circumstances. If you have a grandmother who grew up in a small northern town on a farm with a large family buy this book for her.

I read this story in my late teens and again in my early twenties, approaching 30 now I'm about to purchase it again and then pass it on to my daughters. The author does a wonderful job of painting the ordinary life of this girl as a back drop to her extraordinary experiences and feelings.

I am a Junior at Prentice High School and for my English class we had to pick out a book that we liked. I couldn't find one in our library that I enjoyed so my english teacher suggested one of the Jeanette Gilge books. One of the students that I know pretty well sitsbehind me and Jeanette is her grandma. my step grandpa is a relation to Jeanette and i live right by the spot where it takes place. I am a christian and this book was great to read! it was very inspirational to me. Jeanette knows how to write a book so it captures the attention of the readers. all in all, this book was very awesome.

I read this book just before my husband left for a three week overseas business trip. Jeannie's story (true, by the way) about her husband being called to WAR just a month after their wedding made me empathize- and it made me feel much better- after all, I knew my husband would return. This book also gives a good idea of what it was like "back home" during the World War.