Westering Women
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Sandra Dallas
From the bestselling author of Prayers for Sale, Sandra Dallas' Westering Women is an inspiring celebration of sisterhood on the perilous Overland Trail AG Journal's RURAL THEMES BOOKS FOR WINTER READING | Hasty Book Lists' BEST BOOKS COMING OUT IN JANUARY“Exciting novel ... difficult to put down.” —Booklist "If you are an adventuresome young woman of high moral character and fine health, are you willing to travel to California in search of a good husband?"It's February, 1852, and all around Chicago, Maggie sees postings soliciting "eligible women" to travel to the gold mines of Goosetown. A young seamstress with a small daughter, she has nothing to lose. She joins forty-three other women and two pious reverends on the dangerous 2,000-mile journey west. None are prepared for the hardships they face on the trek or for the strengths they didn't know they possessed. Maggie discovers she’s not the only one looking to leave dark secrets behind. And when her past catches up with her, it becomes clear a band of sisters will do whatever it takes to protect one of their own.
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Author
Sandra Dallas
Pages
336
Publisher
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Published Date
2020-01-07
ISBN
1250239672 9781250239679
Ratings
Google: 5
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"Another great read from Sandra Dallas. The audible narration is great! Like with all her books, it is well written full of characters that draw you in and you end up loving. Highly recommend!"
Sarrah Urbahn
"A great read not to heavy but with substance… tells about a group of women’s strength and determination to survive! "
Lilian Hoyt
"I will say this: it was staggering to read this book while driving through the Sierra Mountains. To see first hand the terrain the women in the story experienced, and to know they did it with covered wagons? It’s humbling and brought this story even closer to home for me.<br/><br/>I am very privileged to have been able to fly and drive to a location that 100 years ago was traversed by courageous men and women on foot. The cities I visited were founded on the backs of those who where brave enough to go west, and I can’t express enough how deeply moving that is to realize.<br/><br/>I loved this story. I wish I could rate it 4.5 here, because while it wasn’t perfect, it was a realistic and emotional portrayal from a perspective that wasn’t frequent from actual historical accounts. It’s truly why I love historical fiction, because while the story may be an amalgamation of real women’s histories, the novelization frames it in a way that connects with the readers and inspires the empathy that is deserves. <br/><br/>I will continue to add Sandra Dallas to my “must read author” list, and I’m excited to see what other light she can shed on historical western women!"
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Allie Peduto
"I like the plot line and how it described the journey west "
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Madeline Kienbaum
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