At times this book was 5 stars and at times it fell to 2 so I landed on a 3. I really enjoyed the first half of the book. I liked the opening letter and uncovering more and more throughout the book of why she wrote the letter the way she did. If felt like there were times I connected and was rooting for the main character and at other times she just annoyed me and I lost interest. The writing is good but the book is quote depressing. By the end I thought it should be renamed The Book of Job II.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me an early release in exchange for an honest and fair review.

Victoria Hastings Harrison Greene is dying. Matriarch of a large family, she pens a letter to her family revealing the shocking secrets she’s carried for decades. A story that takes us through her life and through the Oklahoma Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. A story of love, loss, choices, hunger, pain, survival, and beauty. A story that has made her into the woman she is now.⁣⁣
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I absolutely loved this book. Rich in history, the setting is vividly portrayed and the dialogue true to the time period and setting. This is a heartbreaking story of choices and what a mother will do for her children. I was completely enraptured in this book and time period. I enjoyed learning more about the Oklahoma dust storms and how it affected families. I adored this book and for me, it gets all of the stars! Thank you @centavepub for this advance reader in exchange for my honest review.

Wow this book was great! This was such a quick read, that was hard to put down. A story with all the emotions. Thanks netgalley for letting me read this book in exchange for an honest review.

I was surprised how much I enjoyed reading this book. I sympathized with the characters and their hardships, their love and loss. I could not put it down. The author painted a vivid picture of the scene and situations.

Thanks to NetGalley, Penner Publishing and C. H. Armstrong for giving me the chance to read The Edge Of Nowhere.
Set in Oklahoma during the great depression, it's a story about Victoria Hastings, a strong woman who has to deal with all that life throws at her from a very young age and her struggles as an adult.
It starts with her childhood, then at 18 she marries a widower called Will, her love for his children, the children they have together and living on a farm during tough times.
It's a saga about raising a family, love, work, debt, death, loss, change, seasons and survival.
The story is based on what happens to Victoria over the years, just how much one woman can take , what she will do for the people she loves, how many times she can pick herself up and keep on going?
Never boring, but at times you think really could all this happen to one woman in one life time?
It was a quick interesting read and I gave it 3 stars.

What did I love about this book? Everything!!!! seriously! I read this one on a plane trip across the country - so I had plenty of time to read mostly uninterrupted - and I just didn't want to stop when the plane landed!!

A fabulous piece of historical fiction set in Oklahoma during the depression and dust bowl, there was enough fact added in that when your heartstrings were pulled for Victoria, they were pulled even more because you KNEW that the circumstances really occurred.

It flows well, the dialogue is right for the time period and location it takes place in, and the author just hit a slam dunk in my opinion!

I received a free Advanced Reader Copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

The story reads so real, but after the pages of the book the author explains, what is fiction & non fiction. Very dramatic story of the hard life in that era with many twists and turns. I literally felt exhausted after reading this book and had many emotions to the story.

In The Edge of Nowhere, we follow Victoria, who lost her mother and father at a young age. The neighbors took her in loved her as if she were their own, but Victoria is set her in ways regarding love and marriage. Until Will comes along and changes everything for her. Victoria finds the happiness she never thought possible. But during the Great Depression, things were hard on everyone, especially the farmers. But she had Will and her children to help her through. But as things get drier and drier (subsequently leading to The Dust Bowl), things get harder, and Victoria is faced with many decisions in order to keep her family safe and alive.

I think it's easy in retrospect for people to say such things as "I wouldn't have done that", but anyone that knows of The Dust Bowl knows that the combination of the depression and not being able to pull through on your crops was devastating. A mother's only desire was to keep their children fed, safe, and together. That wasn't always an option when you didn't know where your next meal was coming from.

I do feel that the ending was rushed a bit and that I would have been happy to read on more as Victoria's life changed from her newer circumstances. But The Edge of Nowhere was well researched, the situations Victoria had to face were real and well-written. It was an easy read as far as flow, though the content is anything but easy. But it was something so many people faced, it's a story that needs to be told.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The story grips you from the beginning and doesn't let go. The main character Victoria is such a strong character, the words "Mama Bear" comes to mind when I think of her. The lengths she goes to, to care for and protect her children is astonishing. From such a young age she had to show strength and resilience. The author does a great job grabbing the reader from the first few pages to make them want more. This book is historical fiction, suspense and love story all in one.

Description
Despised and feared by her sprawling family, Victoria Hastings Harrison Greene refuses to go quietly from her long life without revealing the secrets she's held locked away for more than fifty years—the same secrets consistent with the rumors her grandchildren whisper behind her back during family gatherings. Widowed with nine children during the one-two punch of The Great Depression and the Oklahoma Dust Bowl, Victoria made harsh choices—desperate choices that reduced a once soft and loving young woman into the reviled matriarch she is today. Hers is the story of one woman’s courage in the midst of overwhelming adversity, and her absolute conviction to never stop fighting...no matter what it takes.

Thank you to the Publisher and NetGalley for the advance copy.
This book did not work for me. I would pick it up and read more. It surely was one I wanted to love. It was written in a dairy type of feel. I did finish, and say, it was not bad it was just not one for me.