THE YEARLING

by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, 1938

Another author redeems the promise of her first novel, South Moon Under, with an exquisitely told story of the Florida scrub. She has a faculty for getting at the heart and spirit of the ""poor whites"" around whom her story is built, and for making a somewhat formless plot resolve itself into the recreating of a way of life, close to nature, human, a segment of America. This is the story of a little family, living off the land, with occasional barter in the nearest town, -- of the mother, somewhat stolid, unimaginative, crude, the father, sensitive, tolerant, upright to a fault -- from the viewpoint of his neighbors, and of the boy, just turning the point to manhood, and sharing his father's love of nature, longing for escape from the humdrum routine of his life into the life of the wilds. The story revolves around the three of them, with the boy and his pet fawn as focus. There's a deep emotional undercurrent that will make this book appealing to women equally with men. And there's a rhythm of style that gives grandeur to the telling. Not a book for one seeking just a good story, but for those who liked her first book -- for those who like Peattie and Gulbranssen.

Pub Date: April 1, 1938

ISBN: 9861464697

Page Count: -

Publisher: Scribner

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1938

Categories: FICTION