Laura's Shadow
by Allison Pittman
Pub Date 01 Aug 2022
Barbour Publishing,Barbour Fiction
Christian| Historical Fiction| Romance
I am reviewing a copy of Laura's Shadow through Barbour Publishing and Netgalley:
One Conversation at a Time Leaks Family Secrets!
This was the year 1890 in De Smet, South Dakota
DeSmet's young women live by two rules: don't go out in a snowstorm, and don't fall in love with Cap Garland. Mariah Patterson only obeyed one command. With no interesting suitors or means of support, Mariah finds herself orphaned and struggling to scrape a living with her brother Charles. While she knows Cap sees the world through the torch he carries for Laura Ingalls, she throws caution to the wind and lays her feelings at Cap's feet. It is Mariah's belief that her love for Cap will break both bonds, and she is willing to risk everything to prove it.
1974, De Smet, South Dakota
Trixie Gowan is a member of the fourth generation of Gowan women living in the sprawling farmhouse outside of De Smet. Well a former resident. Having recently moved to Minneapolis, she writes ads for a neighborhood paper edited by Ron Tumble. Even though she lives in the city and works there, she is still called Prairie Girl by her co-workers. As a result, she created a comic strip titled "Lost Laura" about a bespectacled girl in a calico dress coping with city life. Having grown up in a household that prohibited her from mentioning the name, Laura Ingalls, the name is a quiet rebellion. Her great-grandmother Mariah's declining health brings Trixie home for a visit, but two things might just keep her there: Dr. Campbell Carter's bedside manner, and GG's family secret that seems to be spilling out of her mouth one conversation at a time.
I give Laura's Shadow five out of five stars!
Happy Reading!
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