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Summary: Oh My Such A Good Read!
Review: Perfect for the fall months ahead.
Not only an incredibly moving fiction read but also some interesting tie in with Lewis & Clark and other historical events of the era.
Jane Kirkpatrick, thank you! An excellent read for male and female alike!
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Summary: A Name of Her Own
Review: SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Good!!!!! I have read most of Jane Kirkpatrick's books and this is by far my favorite! Just when I think I have read her best she surprises me with another great read. Do as I did, buy this book, find a comfortable spot, get a cup of tea and go with this extremely talented writer to a long ago place in history and time.It is well worth your travel. I can't wait to continue the journey with her next book, Every Fixed Star.
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Summary: A Man Gives His Vote...
Review: This is fiction for females, right? Men don't read sagas of Indian women struggling for survival. Men don't understand the emotions of a mother fighting for her children, of a wife absorbing a drunken husband's abuse.Ah, but Jane Kirkpatrick is a writer capable of changing all that. Her words have the power to change, the ability to open blind eyes and stubborn hearts. Even this man can be touched by her story. On the surface, the story is simple. In the early 1800s, Marie Dorion, her children, and her abusive mixed-breed husband Pierre, trek across the plains and the mountains, aiding a party of adventurers intent on establishing new territory for rich men on the east coast. They encounter snow, icy rapids, Indians, and starvation along the way. They inch closer and closer to ultimate defeat. But the story is so much deeper, really. This is a nuanced account of a marriage. It is a rich tribute to the strength and humility and determination of women in a man's world. It's heartbreaking at times, life-affirming at others, and never anything but honest in delivery. Jane Kirkpatrick, a master at her craft, continues Marie's trek with another book in "The Tender Ties Historical Series." I am compelled to follow. Oh, what a trek this is!
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Summary: A Man Gives His Vote...
Review: This is fiction for females, right? Men don't read sagas of Indian women struggling for survival. Men don't understand the emotions of a mother fighting for her children, of a wife absorbing a drunken husband's abuse. Ah, but Jane Kirkpatrick is a writer capable of changing all that. Her words have the power to change, the ability to open blind eyes and stubborn hearts. Even this man can be touched by her story. On the surface, the story is simple. In the early 1800s, Marie Dorion, her children, and her abusive mixed-breed husband Pierre, trek across the plains and the mountains, aiding a party of adventurers intent on establishing new territory for rich men on the east coast. They encounter snow, icy rapids, Indians, and starvation along the way. They inch closer and closer to ultimate defeat. But the story is so much deeper, really. This is a nuanced account of a marriage. It is a rich tribute to the strength and humility and determination of women in a man's world. It's heartbreaking at times, life-affirming at others, and never anything but honest in delivery. Jane Kirkpatrick, a master at her craft, continues Marie's trek with another book in "The Tender Ties Historical Series." I am compelled to follow. Oh, what a trek this is!
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Summary: A Name of Her Own
Review: This was a wonderful history lesson come to life. Jane is very talented in weaving a story around historical facts. The subject of the story was a courageous, strong woman who stepped out in the early 1800 when the western U.S. was being discovered and settled and did what she had to do to keep her family together.
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