A small part of history
By: Peggy Elliott
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Magna
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780750529822
Subjects: Stepmothers; Fiction; Women pioneers; Frontier and pioneer life; Overland journeys to the Pacific
Description: In the summer of 1845 John Springer announces his plan to go west by wagon train to Oregon. His third wife, Rebecca, married for just three months, has no choice but to follow him. Her duty is to her husband - unto death. At just twenty-seven years old, Rebecca is stepmother to four boys and one teenage girl. Her relationship with tomboy Sarah has so far been fractious at best, but as they endure blizzards and searing heat, crossing prairies, desert plains and mountains, they are tested both physically and emotionally and their shared experience will bind Rebecca and Sarah closer than blood ever could.
Notes: Originally published: London: Headline Review.