review for Iowa book. SPOILER

Sigh. So I finished the book. Kind of like going thru the wringer. It's life from 1913 on in Iowa. And I had made a mistake in calculating her age. I forgot she was already 16 in 1913.

They married young back then and started having kids. The wife rarely had a career back then. World war 1 was going on. So the young girl finally gets together with her farmer boyfriend. It was very romantic. They barely know each other before they marry. She's so shy. But soon having a baby. This always mystified me. The women were so naive when it came to sex. Even speaking to a strange man was fraught. But, get married, and boom they're privy to the secret.

Soup was lentil and sausage. Mr x won't stop talking to me. Geez. I'm distracted and now feeling fractious. Back later.