With her husband freshly buried, Karoline Olsen now shoulders the twin burdens of raising her large brood of children, including the one she carries in her belly, and managing a difficult farm life by herself in the Loess Hills. Spanning 1905 to 1933, the second installment of the Olsen series brings major world events-WWII, the Spansih flu, prohibition, suffrage, and the Great Depression-to Iowa, impacting the lives of the Soldier inhabitants, including the Olsens.
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