![]() Of course, my favorite aspects of Pioneer Girl were the commentary on how the Little House books are so drastically different from the realities of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s life. ![]() Nguyen draws comparisons between the two stories that capture something of the American spirit, regardless of race or century, and it’s a really interesting way to look at things, once I quite liked. It took me a little while to realize that, but once it did, my approach and perspective in reading this book shifted dramatically.īecause, what I thought was going to be an investigative look into Laura Ingalls Wilder’s life was more of a comparison, a parallel, between one Vietnamese immigrant woman’s life and that of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Imagine my surprise to find that, though this book has all the trappings of a memoir, Bich Minh Nguyen actually telling a quite made-up story. Somehow the very clear “a novel” printed on the front cover of the book escaped me completely. I honestly thought Pioneer Girl was nonfiction I really did. ![]()
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