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This book creates a compelling account of pioneers in the southwest after the Civil War. The romance is a little coy, but is balanced by the brilliant portrayal of homesteading. Distances are vast and conditions daunting. The Indian interaction is educational and sad. Of course Sarah is a maverick which is what really makes the story. A good read if you can handle the hardships so mercilessly portrayed.
These is My Words by Nancy Turner (a book review)I downloaded this as my first book in my new KIndle. an Indian, a heroine to Toobuddy. a star-struck admirer, but mostly and especially, Sarah was the heroine to Captain Jack Elliott. I had difficulty putting it down & am truly sad it is finished.I have read many of the reviews here and agree wholeheartedly with all of the positive reviews. All this for his heroine that he would address as General. Don't let the fact that you do not care for pioneer history keep you from this book, as you will thank me for this advice when you decide to read it.Sarah is the heroine of this book in the late 19th Century Arizona territories. I love historical fiction genre and I could not have chosen better. a dog, to Mason.a hired hand, to Gilbert.an artistic son, to Sergeant Lockwood.
to me, she is a woman for today, a woman with spirit, a woman to emulate, smart, savvy, not beautiful but worthy. She was a heroine to Blue Horse. She was his burning, enduring, heart wrenching love as his beat-up, shot-up saddlebag told us. Oh, to be called General by Captain Jack Elliot.
Iloved this book. I could not put it down. Ihave read all that I can find of Nancy Turner and looking for more.
I couldn't help comparing the book unfavorably with Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's "A Midwife's Tale," which juxtaposes the actual journal entries of a late-18th/early-19th-century midwife with the historian's exhaustively researched observations about what these entries tell us about that time and place."These Is My Words," by contrast, is a better-than-average fanfic about Nancy Turner's ancestor. I say better-than-average because Turner did create characters I cared about -- so much so that I dreaded turning the pages for fear of the horrific fate that could befall any one of them at any moment. (The author's habit of relating events chronologically, rather than spilling the bad news right up front as a real diarist would have done, also bugged). One tragic death, in particular, was set up in such a contrived way that I was rolling my eyes even as tears flowed out of them.On the other hand, everyone else in my book club found it enthralling.
I literally could not put it down. Lots of action and emotion. I bought a few so that our book club could enjoy it, and they did. It is nice to see a strong minded female character that is so inspirational.
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