Between the Flowers

I just finished a new book, Between the Flowers, by Harriette Simpson Arnow. Written in the 1930's, this book remained unpublished until recently. It was an enjoyable read, especially from a feminist view. The main character, Delph, is a strong woman who marries a "roving oil man", hoping he will take her away from the Kentucky hills where she spent her childhood. The plan is to go to South America, but they end up staying in Kentucky. Marsh, her husband, buys a farm, and she ends up bound to the land and stuck in a society that has never suited her, which she always intended to leave.
I was admittedly a little put off at first, it seemed like it was 90% dialectical dialogue (oh pshaw delph) but by the end of the first chapter I was hooked. The dialogue died down and it was just Kentucky. They even mentioned saddle horses, which is a first for any book I've ever read. 5-gaited saddlehorses at that. The book was intense at times, and also bordered on predictable, due largely in part to heavy-handed foreshadowing. I thought the ending was a bit weak, but I won't discuss it here in case anyone actually reads this and decides to give this book a shot. Overall, I liked it, and do not hesitate to recommend it to others