I enjoyed the persistant pace of the writing, though this isn't a page turner/stay up all night type book.The main character seems so innocent and sheltered at first, but grows her emotions as the story proceeds. Winter Wheat was written in 1944 and is set in about 1941, I think. It's enjoyable to see how a 1940's author writes on ageless human topics tactfully and compare how a similar topic would be presented today.On another note, being involved in wheat production on the high plains, it was touching to see how some things stay the same (weather & chaff in my sandwich) and how farming differs today.The ending didn't jazz me up much, but then this is a literary novel I suppose and quite short on vampires, zombies & princesses. But it's worth a read on a below zero night. Or while waiting at the elevator in the heat swatting flies.