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Stephen
Just re-read this as I couldn't recall much of it from when I read it in high-school. It's a bit like a west coast version of the Walton's with better writing. The novel itself doesn't have a real strong storyline so my youngerself was not very impressed but the individual poratraits that are painted and the times that are sketched are well worth the reading time.

Despite it's being set in depression era California, Steinbeck said in interviews that his Moneterrey years were some of the happiest
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Elena
Jun 17, 2009 rated it liked it
Shelves: read-classics
This was a good book except it has too many insignificant events thrown in randomly.
Renu
Jan 10, 2008 rated it liked it
Cathy
Apr 15, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Dana
May 06, 2008 marked it as to-read
Jayme Pendergraft
Aug 25, 2008 rated it liked it
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Apr 22, 2010 rated it liked it
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Jen
Mar 08, 2011 rated it really liked it
Lorri
Dec 29, 2011 rated it it was ok
Dana Resch
Apr 26, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Debra Harrison
Jan 21, 2014 marked it as to-read
Jaci McCon
May 06, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Devin Murphy
Nov 23, 2016 rated it it was amazing
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Carrie
Dec 04, 2017 marked it as to-read
Joseph
Mar 20, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: bulk_import
Cindy
Jul 29, 2018 marked it as to-read
superawesomekt
Jan 23, 2019 marked it as tbr-wccls
Natalie
Feb 08, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction
Tammy Grimm
May 05, 2019 rated it really liked it
Kim
Aug 12, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Kathy Jo
Jan 16, 2020 rated it it was amazing
 Marla
Apr 21, 2020 marked it as to-read-someday
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Ali
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