"Juanita Parker reads in a lively, vocalized manner, conveying Mari's grit and determination, and emphasizing, along with the author's text, how the child, and then the young woman, struggled between a deep hatred of her father's cruelty, and dismissiveness, and her admiration of his intelligence and accomplishments.  He was known nationally for his work with fruit trees and creating orchards in the arid Nebraska plains--and the fact that he, like herself, was a dreamer. 
                                                                                                     KLIATT