My Antonia

Willa Cather?ÇÖs heartfelt novel is the unforgettable story of an immigrant woman?ÇÖs life on the hardscrabble Nebraska plains. Through Jim Burden?ÇÖs affectionate reminiscence of his childhood friend, the free-spirited ?üntonia Shimerda, a larger, uniquely American portrait emerges, both of a community struggling with unforgiving terrain and of a woman who, amid great hardship, stands as a timeless inspiration.