It turns out there are problems and danger to be had during a Midwest winter. But with fortitude and good friends and family, all can be endured and even enjoyed. There is peace on the farm, separated by moments of sheer terror.
I then went back to War and Peace for another 50 pages. Again I am struck with the similarity of writing styles with Mark Twain--tongue in cheek exaggeration and understatement. The first skirmish many of our characters experience with Napoleon's army is really a comedy of errors (if lives weren't lost) with neither army knowing what they are doing, communication being pretty much non-existent and exploits being greatly exaggerated (or outright lies) in reports to command.
I have now started Viral, by Robin Cook. The pandemic causes a young couple to suspend usual vacation plans and rent a cottage on the Atlantic side of Cape Cod, where they encounter another kind of virus.
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