A deep understanding of the special quality that characterizes our
frontier regions- yesterday and today- is again evident in this
period story of Montana, from 1905 on to the 1940's. Mildred Walker
strikes successively an evocative note, so that one senses the
reality of a caste system in a frontier town, where the ruling
families are those that go back to the days of the first settlers.
A foreigner such as Rose Guinard, whose mother is a French
milliner, could not be quite accepted even by her classmates. And
when she eloped with Wrenn Morley, always considered the possession
of Pamela Lacey, it created an impossible situation. That the odd
triangle of her making persisted through the years was now Rose's
fault, now Pam's until fate took a hand, and loneliness and tragedy
brought the two women together. It is a story of mood and emotions
rather than incident, but somehow there is a compelling quality
that holds reader interest, and the development of Pamela's
character, the retrogression in Rose, become the dominant values.
Mildred Walker writes at a rather slow pace, but successive novels
have brought her to a position of real importance as a regional
novelist. (Kirkus Reviews)
The Curlew's Cry is the story of three decades in the life of
Pamela Lacey and a Montana town. Descended from pioneers and the
daughter of a rancher, Pamela lives according to her own script,
and nothing seems to happen as expected. The world beats on - World
War I, the influenza epidemic of 1917, the Great Depression - and
local fortunes rise and fall with the price of beef. For Pamela the
fight that counts is defined by a sense of independence and
pervasive loneliness, by the twists and turns of love and
friendship. Tragic events transpire, but by the end of The Curlew's
Cry it is clear that, if Montana brings out the best in man, it is
also a place where women like Pamela can achieve power and
magnanimity.
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