OOOps – sequels review
Forgot to write about “THESE IS MY WORDS” and the two sequels, ‘SARAH’S QUILT’ and ‘THE STAR GARDEN.’
WORDS tell the story of Sarah Prine and her family in the western US during the late 1800s and early 1900s. It’s written in the form of a diary as she relates the goings-on between the whites and the Indians mostly. Tell of her marriage to Jimmy Reed and what a louse he really was.
QUILT tells mostly of her meeting and finally marrying and their life together. He is first of all in the US Army, then becomes an Arizona Ranger and then back to the Army. She has a ranch to tend to and family nearby who seem to feel that she is the backgone of the family. Her trials and tribulations in this book get a bit more serious but very common to the times.
GARDEN is the final book of the series and tells of her ongoing battle with a neighbor who has asked her to marry him but she turns him down without really saying no – and she doesn’t do that purposely; she just is trying to imagine being La Senora. There is another much nicer man around too which doesn’t help her torn heart and mind to decide. This is not a romance by any means.
GARDEN is concerned mostly with 1906/1907 and she gets involved in rescuing her son/family from the SF earthquake that did so much damage. Her struggles with the neighbor really involve politics, as she realizes, and would put her property, which is substantial, in his name and which he would then sell to the railroad. Her handling of that problem is masterful.
I’m probably not reviewing this properly but I thoroughly enjoyed all three books, all written in diary format.
Jo