After the death of his parents Jim Burden is sent to live with his grandparents in Nebraska where he meets his first and most prominent love Antonia Shimera. As pioneers in Nebraska the Shimera family expected hardships but none as devastating as a death in the family. Narrated by Jim Burden an orphan living with his grandparents next door to the Shimeras My Antonia follows the coming of age and life of Jim and Antonia the eldest daughter in the Shimera family. Starting when Jim and Antonia were young kids the Burdens and the Shimeras live as neighbors in the plains of 19th century Nebraska. While the weather was often harsh and the untamed land made it difficult to yield crops the Shimera family worked hard to maintain a content life. However when a tragic death strikes the Shimera family they fall into poverty despite the aid Jims grandparents try to offer. As her familys farm fails Antonia has to quit school to help out with manual labor. Antonia gets a job as a town girl helping care for children and households in order to support her family. Meanwhile Jim moves into town as well for higher education and is able to reconnect with Antonia though she does not have as much leisure time as he does. As they both grow into adulthood Jim witnesses the Shimeras and Antonia to make difficult choices and somber sacrifices contrasting their hardships to his own comfortable life. My Antonia earned commercial and critical acclaim soon after its publication and has inspired film and stage adaptations since. With themes of feminism insight on lower class Americans and the use of deep metaphors Willa Cathers My Antonia is a classic gem worthy of even more recognition. Now redesigned with an eyecatching cover and printed in an easytoread font this edition of Willa Cathers My Antonia restores the classic novel to create an engaging experience for modern audiences. Since our inception in 2020 Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of ou