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The Diary of Mattie Spenser
by Sandra Dallas
5***** and a ❤
This novel may be my favorite of Sandra Dallas's works. She has a way of making her characters speak straight to the reader. There is a real sense of time and place in this book - helped by the "diary" style in which it is written. Mattie Spenser is a young Iowa farm girl who marries Luke Spenser and moves (via wagon train) to Colorado Territory shortly after the Civil War. She encounters hardships, loneliness, and violence; and she finds an unexpected love. Her grit, perseverance and integrity endear her to all - even, eventually, to her husband. Great story. Great writing.
I've read it twice ... my book club selected it in January 2004.
This novel may be my favorite of Sandra Dallas's works. She has a way of making her characters speak straight to the reader. There is a real sense of time and place in this book - helped by the "diary" style in which it is written. Mattie Spenser is a young Iowa farm girl who marries Luke Spenser and moves (via wagon train) to Colorado Territory shortly after the Civil War. She encounters hardships, loneliness, and violence; and she finds an unexpected love. Her grit, perseverance and integrity endear her to all - even, eventually, to her husband. Great story. Great writing.
I've read it twice ... my book club selected it in January 2004.