Hundreds of miles from home, Susannah faces an uncertain future as a mail-order bride on the untamed Dakota prairie.
When her parents die suddenly, and no suitors call, Susannah resigns herself to the only option available: becoming a mail-order bride. Agreeing to marry her pastor’s brother, Jesse, Susannah leaves the only home she’s ever known for the untamed frontier of the Dakota Territory.
Her new husband is more loving and patient with her than she believes she deserves. Still, there is also a wildness to him that mirrors the wilderness surrounding them. And Susannah finds herself constantly on edge. But Jesse’s confidence in her—and his faith in God’s perfect plan—slowly begin to chip away at the wall she hides behind.
When she miscarries in the brutal Dakota winter, Susannah’s fledgling faith in herself and in God begins to crumble. Still, Jesse’s love is unwavering. Just when it seems like winter will never end, Susannah finally sees the first tentative evidence of spring. And with it, the realization that more than the landscape has changed.
She looks to the future with a renewed heart. Yet in her wildest dreams, she couldn’t predict all that awaits her.
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Summary
Overall This is the first novel for Catherine Richmond. I think she knocked it out of the ballpark! Her underlying theme is that life's trials can work to make us strongerif we'll let them. Her protagonist is Susannah, who has come west as a mail order bride. I like that Ms. Richmond leads her character down a very different life path than what she had grown up experiencing her parents marriage was very cool and \"handsoff\", her friendships were very few, she lacked basic confidence in her self, and she had existed with little praise or appreciation. Yet in the trials she experiences in the untamed Dakota frontier, Susannah blossoms, gaining confidence, vision, and a love that she never expected to find. It is always a great way to gain a better understanding of what life was like on the prairie frontiers by reading a solidly
researched novel of historical fiction.
Violence
Language Cursing in Norwegian yet the author never even mentions an actual curse word.