Westering women : a novel / Sandra Dallas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dallas, Sandra, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--West (U.S.)--Fiction.

Women.

Single mothers--Fiction.

Single mothers.

Marriage brokerage.

Overland journeys to the Pacific--Fiction.

Overland journeys to the Pacific.

Frontier and pioneer life--Fiction.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Female friendship--Fiction.

Female friendship.

Marriage brokerage--Fiction.

Wagon trains--Fiction.

Wagon trains.

Overland Trails--History--19th century--Fiction.

Overland Trails.

West United States.

Genre:

Fiction.

Western fiction.

Western stories.

Historical fiction.

Physical Description:

327 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2020.

Summary:

"It's February, 1852, and all around Chicago, Maggie sees the postings soliciting 'eligible women' to travel to the gold mines of Goosetown. A young seamstress with a small daughter and several painful secrets, she has nothing to lose. So she joins forty-three other women and two pious reverends on the dangerous 2,000-mile journey west. None of them are prepared for the hardships they face on the trek through the high plains, mountains, and deserts, or for the triumphs of finding strengths they did not know they possessed. And not all will make it. As Maggie gets to know the other women, she soon discovers that she's not the only one looking to leave dark secrets behind. And when her past catches up with her, it becomes clear a band of sisters will do whatever it takes to protect one of their own"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-327).

ISBN:

9781250239662

1250239664

OCLC:

1097577948

Publisher Number:

99983677252