It's been awhile since I revisited The Little House books so this was a nice read in that it refreshed my memory of them, reminded me how much I liked them, and added in a few other new tidbits to boot. I understand that there is some question on how much Laura's daughter Rose wrote or influenced these books and the latter half of this book mostly read like a dissertation "proving" the author's opinion. While it was interesting enough to read about Laura and Rose's interactions with each other I felt that it read more like a biography of Rose and went on a bit too much.

I enjoyed reading this, although I did expect it to focus more on her adult life and writing than it did. The author still spends a great deal of time re-hashing Wilder's childhood and teen years. It was interesting to read about her development as an author and about her collaboration with Rose, though.