At its heart, it's a story of life and hope.įrontier fiction fans rejoice! Here’s a novel that doesn’t smooth history’s ragged edges with a 21st century file. It's history to be learned from, warts and all.īut most of all, this is a story of ordinary people, caught up in an extraordinary time, and how they overcome in spite of everything. It does no good to look at history through the modern lens. It was not my intent to interject 21st-century norms or ideals into the 18th century. I hope to give the reader a glimpse of what happened in a time and place that was incredibly volatile from the perspective of the people caught up it in unawares. Sarah's Choice does not present all sides of the conflict, instead, it is seen only through the eyes of Sarah and Cully. It was a harsh, even brutal event in American history, and I knew it would provide the backdrop that Sarah's story needed. I just knew it happened on the frontier.īecause I'd recently researched Pontiac's Rebellion for a novella, it was fresh in my mind. (For the record, that's never happened before or since.) At first, I didn't know the setting, only her story. Sarah's story came to me all in one piece. It gives me a chance to share a bit about the book and why I wrote it. I love that Goodreads lets authors review their own books.
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