These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 (Audiobook)

from countrylife

A remarkable book! The author has crafted a wonderful story, inspired by her own family memoirs. Historical fiction is my favorite genre, and Ms. Turner is now my favorite author. I give her 5 stars for all the things that matter to me in a story like this: interesting, but believable situations ...

from ladycato

Last year I read Vanished Arizona, the genuine recollection of an Army wife of her time in Arizona during the 1870s. These is My Words is a novel, but it feels just as authentic and gritty. The book begins while Sarah (based loosely on the author's own grandmother) is still a teenager. Her parent...

from mazda502001

This is a book I didn't want to end…..it was just wonderful and I both laughed and cried…..it was an absolute joy to read and it blew me away!

from bibliophyte

What a beautiful story - painfully beautiful and cathartic. The characters are entirely believable and enjoyable, so much so that I was hooked before I had even read fifteen pages. I adore Sarah: her spunk, honesty, sense of humor, the intensity of her love. She has a brimming personality and is ...

from CatheOlson

This was the journal of Sarah Prine . . . a pioneer girl coming moving west with her family and braving sickness, bandits, indians, snakes, you name it. As she grows into a woman, she never loses her fire (nor her love for books). I enjoyed this book from page one all the way to the end.