Jane Kirkpatrick verteld een prachtig verhaal van een vrouw die droomt om te worden wat ze altijd al heeft willen zijn. Een kijkje in het Oregon van de laatste helft van de 19e eeuw. Jenny Pickett weet veel over de geneeskracht van planten, maar haar droom om dokter te worden brengt haar in conflict met haar omgeving. Ze zet alles op alles om haar droom te laten uitkomen. Maar de weg ernaartoe is lang, en de prijs ervoor is hoog, niet alleen voor Jenny zelf, maar ook voor haar familie. Zij...

A Tale of Uncharted Adventure and Discovery Inspired by a True StoryIn 1888 Mary Edwards Gerritse is a witty and confident young woman who spends as much time as possible outdoors on the rugged Oregon coast where she and her husband, John, have settled. The two are a formidable pair who are working hard to prove their homesteading claim and build a family. But as Mary faces struggles of young motherhood and questions about her family of origin, she realizes that li...

Het is het jaar 1845. De 26-jarige Letitia heeft al veel ellende doorstaan als haar vurige verlangen wordt vervuld: ze komt in bezit van een papier dat bewijst dat ze niet langer een slavin is. Een document van onschatbare waarde voor een zwarte vrouw alleen. Lezen kan Letitia niet. Toch vertrouwt ze op deze papieren – net zoals ze Davey Carson begint te vertrouwen, een Ierse boer die haar vraagt met hem mee te gaan naar het westen. De reis is levensgevaarlijk, maar Letitia vindt steun in ...

Already well-versed in the natural healing properties of herbs and oils, Jennie Pickett longs to become a doctor. But the Oregon frontier of the 1870s doesn't approve of such innovations as women attending medical school. To leave grief and guilt behind, as well as support herself and her challenging young son, Jennie cares for an elderly woman using skills she's developed on her own. When her patient dies, Jennie discovers that her heart has become entangled with the woman's widowed husba...

Letitia holds nothing more dear than the papers that prove she is no longer a slave. They may not cause white folks to treat her like a human being, but at least they show she is free. She trusts in those words she cannot read--as she is beginning to trust in Davey Carson, an Irish immigrant cattleman who wants her to come west with him.Nancy Hawkins is loathe to leave her settled life for the treacherous journey by wagon train, but she is so deeply in love with her husband that sh...

Drama, Adventure, and Family Struggles Abound as Three Generations Head West on the Oregon TrailWhen Tabitha Brown's son makes the fateful decision to leave Missouri and strike out for Oregon, she refuses to be left behind. Despite her son's concerns, Tabitha hires her own wagon to join the party. Along with her reluctant daughter and her ever-hopeful granddaughter, the intrepid Tabitha has her misgivings. But family ties are stronger than fear.The trials t...

In 1844, two years before the Donner Party, the Stevens-Murphy company left Missouri to be the first wagons into California through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Mostly Irish Catholics, the party sought religious freedom and education in the mission-dominated land and enjoyed a safe journey--until October, when a heavy snowstorm forced difficult decisions. The first of many for young Mary Sullivan, newlywed Sarah Montgomery, the widow Ellen Murphy, and her pregnant sister-in-law Maolisa.

She came to the West for rest . . . what she found was a passion.Classically trained pianist and singer Natalie Curtis can't seem to recapture the joy that music once brought her. In 1902, her brother invites her to join him in the West to search for healing. What she finds are songs she'd never before encountered--the haunting melodies, rhythms, and stories of Native Americans.But their music is under attack. The US government's Code of Offenses prohibits ...

Their lives would be tempered by adversity, expanded by faith, polished by perseverance.Based on an actual 1852 Oregon Trail incident, All Together in One Place, Book One in the Kinship and Courage series, speaks to the strength in every woman and celebrates the promise of hope that unfailingly blooms amidst tragedy and challenge.For Madison "Mazy" Bacon, a young wife living in southern Wisconsin, the future appears every bit as promising ...

In 1853, Abigail Scott was a 19-year-old school teacher in Oregon Territory when she married Ben Duniway. Marriage meant giving up on teaching, but Abigail always believed she was meant to be more than a good wife and mother. When financial mistakes and an injury force Ben to stop working, Abigail becomes the primary breadwinner for her growing family. What she sees as a working woman appalls her, and she devotes her life to fighting for the rights of women, including their right to vote.

A Story of Resilience, Redemption, and Friendships That EndureOn the rugged Oregon coast in the early 1900s, the lives of a group of women intertwine through their shared pioneering spirit and the steadfast presence of Mary Gerritse. Struggling with her daughter Belle's desire to live with her grandparents, Mary discovers her own mother facing illness and her father hiring a caretaker with a troubled past. Despite tensions, Mary leaves Belle with her grandparents, ...

Bound by duty--loosed by destinyMollie Sheehan has spent much of her life striving to be a dutiful daughter and honor her father's wishes, even when doing so has led to one heartbreak after another. After all, what options does she truly have in 1860s Montana? But providing for her stepfamily during her father's long absences doesn't keep her from wishing for more.When romance blooms between her and Peter Ronan, Mollie finally allows herself to hope for a b...