Before I began this book I wondered how in the world the author was going to follow the stories of sixteen different women and create a coherent story out of it. Well, it turns out the story is really only about five of them - and the author does a great job of making each character's story interesting and easy to follow.
The premise of this book intrigued me. Apparently, in the aftermath of the Civil War when many families immigrated West there was also a subset of women - mostly widows from the war - who also went West in search of a new start. The fictional women in this book represented women who planned on homesteading on 160 acre tracts of land free to anyone (man or woman) who would live on it for five years. Although the people of the town of Plum Creek, Nevada had been told they were out west looking for husbands the women themselves had no intentions of marrying and left the "bride train" as soon as they found out they had been promised as brides at the next train stop west. From that point onward the book follows the stories of the five women as they settle their property and earn the respect of the people of Plum Creek.
This was an engaging book and quick read. I thoroughly enjoyed it and although no sequel was hinted at I would love to continue following stories of the homesteaders in Plum Creek.
Although I received a free copy of this book from the publisher the opinions expressed here are entirely my own.
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