Summary of Elizabeth Letts's The Ride of Her Life

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Annie had left home during a blizzard, but was returning in mud season. She had been treated for pneumonia, but an X-ray of her lungs had revealed a trouble spot. She was given a prognosis of two to four years to live.
#2 In 1954, a single older woman without family or employment faced few and stark choices. Annie had no bank account, no savings, and no relatives to rely on. She didn’t have any siblings or children.
#3 Annie had been away from the farm for a long time. She was tired, and her little house was cold and empty. She was glad to see her best friend again, her dog Depeche Toi.
#4 Annie was very ill, and she didn’t know if she would make it through another night. She didn’t want her dog trapped in the house with her if she died. She decided to live restfully, but how.

Sujets

• horses
• Animals

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 22 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669357452
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Elizabeth Letts's The Ride of Her Life
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

On January 1, 1954, the Radio Corporation of America sent out a preproduction run of two hundred of their new color receivers to RCA Victor distributors across the continental United States. A few of the receivers were placed in strategic locations, such as hotel lobbies in major cities, to attract attention for this newfangled invention.

#2

Annie had to take on a larger share of the workload as she grew older. She had to feed the animals, cook from scratch over an old iron cook stove, and split firewood. She had to keep her spirits up, and she had to have hope for the future.

#3

When Annie got sick, she was unable to get help from the authorities. She was too weak to shovel the path to the barn, and she was snowed in with no way to get help.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Annie had left home during a blizzard, but was returning in mud season. She had been treated for pneumonia, but an X-ray of her lungs had revealed a trouble spot. She was given a prognosis of two to four years to live.

#2

In 1954, a single older woman without family or employment faced few and stark choices. Annie had no bank account, no savings, and no relatives to rely on. She didn’t have any siblings or children.

#3

Annie had been away from the farm for a long time. She was tired, and her little house was cold and empty. She was glad to see her best friend again, her dog Depeche Toi.

#4

Annie was very ill, and she didn’t know if she would make it through another night. She didn’t want her dog trapped in the house with her if she died. She decided to live restfully, but how.
Insights from Chapter 3

#1

Annie began to think of ways she could make money on the farm. She decided to plant a cash crop, specifically the pickling cucumber. The land that crested Woodman Hill in the township of Minot had been in her family for three generations.

#2

The Libby family acquired their acreage in 1954, and the amount of deforested land in Maine was shrinking. The growing season in Maine was short, the weather fierce, and the soil remained stony no matter how much one worked to refine it.

#3

Annie planted her seeds, and in the first week of June, she felt that the time was right. She had only a sixth-grade education, but the number of things she knew about her little patch of ground would take stacks of books and years of study for an outsider to learn.

#4

Annie’s farm was doing well, and she was able to spend most of her time in the field, instead of at the nursing home. She was still able to split her lunch with her dog, and she was sleeping soundly.

#5

In 1950, 20 million Americans lived on family farms. By 1970, that number had dropped to half that many. The country was transitioning from agrarian and rural to urban and suburban.