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In the early 1900s on the North Dakota prairies, young Selma Retzlaff Wollerman learns the ways of her Russian-German ancestry while waiting for her own life to begin. Selma marries young, hoping to find companionship and security. But twice within twenty years she is left without a husband. The familiar security of her farm-wife role is shattered, while any hope of companionship disappears with her youth. The Great Depression, a large, mixed family, a murder, cruel neighbors and World War II all threaten to destroy Selma. But with skill, humor and toughness, she does survive, dying at 101 years old, still sound of mind and spirit. Her life makes an emotional and uplifting story, especially since Selma was not a fictional character, but a real-life example of the durable immigrant women of the American prairies.
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[1-4137-5347-7] 2005, 1st printing. (Trade paperback) Near fine. 203pp. Signed by the author. Book about Selma Retzlaff. Locale: North Dakota. (Fiction). Seller Inventory # 160410