by Sandra Dallas, Celeste Ciulla
I would not have been able to withstand the number of sad events in this story had it not been for Mattie's humor. She's a lovable protagonist who didn't deserve the pain she was forced to endure. One moment in the story that stuck with me was the revelation that it was illegal for men to abuse an...
This is a fascinating story of the Colorado Territory right after the Civil War. We see the burdens the women of the first settlements encountered through the fictional diary of Mattie Spenser This book was especially interesting to me because in my genealogy research I had several ancestors who l...
The story read very easily and I enjoyed it for the most part, particularly the character of Mattie Spenser. Where the book fell short for me is in the abrupt ending. After building the story to the crisis point in Mattie's marriage, the author leaves it to our imaginations to figure out how it all ...
The story read very easily and I enjoyed it for the most part, particularly the character of Mattie Spenser. Where the book fell short for me is in the abrupt ending. After building the story to the crisis point in Mattie's marriage, the author leaves it to our imaginations to figure out how it all ...
Another great book by Sandra Dallas! I have had this on my bookshelf for quite a while and now I'm sorry I didn't get to it sooner!
I would actually give this a 4 1/2 stars because I really enjoyed it. One of my favorite genres is historical fiction and the period I like most is the late 1800s and reading of the early settlers and their journeys west. This book was exactly that. Not only did it depict the hardships of homesteadi...
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