Margaret Mitchell, "Gone with the Wind".

This book is about a girl named Scarlett, who first succeeded in captivating men. And when the war began and then the devastation, when the country collapsed, like a burst watermelon, she managed to survive and pull out her whole family, which was beyond the power of many men.

I read this book when I turned 18 years old, and she just struck me. First I read about how to attract the attention of men, and was surprised - more than a hundred years have passed, and the rules of flirting have not changed much :)

And then I was carried away by how she tried to survive, how she did business - nobody taught it to her, and women did not do business in her time. But she managed to do everything herself, without help.

And at first I was sorry that she did not respond to Rhett Butler's love. And then I realized that if she immediately responded to his feelings, she would not become such a strong person, and Rhett would stop loving her.