Thanks to Kayleigh Clark or Berkley/NLA, I am giving away one copy of Flight of the Sparrow.
Book Description:
She suspects that she has changed too much to ever fit easily into English society again. The wilderness has now become her home. She can interpret the cries of birds. She has seen vistas that have stolen away her breath. She has learned to live in a new, free way….
Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1676. Even before Mary Rowlandson is captured by Indians on a winter day of violence and terror, she sometimes found herself in conflict with her rigid Puritan community. Now, her home destroyed, her children lost to her, she has been sold into the service of a powerful woman tribal leader, made a pawn in the on-going bloody struggle between English settlers and native people. Battling cold, hunger, and exhaustion, Mary witnesses harrowing brutality but also unexpected kindness. To her confused surprise, she is drawn to her captors’ open and straightforward way of life, a feeling further complicated by her attraction to a generous, protective English-speaking native known as James Printer. All her life, Mary has been taught to fear God, submit to her husband, and abhor Indians. Now, having lived on the other side of the forest, she begins to question the edicts that have guided her, torn between the life she knew and the wisdom the natives have shown her.
Based on the compelling true narrative of Mary Rowlandson, Flight of the Sparrow is an evocative tale that transports the reader to a little-known time in early America and explores the real meaning of freedom, faith, and acceptance.
About Amy Belding Brown:
Amy Belding Brown is the author of Mr. Emerson’s Wife and has written for Yankee, Good Housekeeping, American Way, and other national, international, and regional magazines. She is married to a minister and is the mother of four grown children. She lives in Vermont. Visit her online at:
twww.amybeldingbrown.com
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Fascinating historical. Thanks.
I was unaware of the story of Mary Rowlandson prior to this. Sounds like quite a story, thanks for the chance to win a copy.
Really interesting subject matter. I’d love to win it, thanks.
Her conflict between two ways of life sounds fascinating. Thanks for the giveaway.
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I’ve read a similar story involving Plains Indians, and think this era is fascinating.
Ironic that people who throw around the word ‘savages’ when describing peoples of a culture different from themselves are often quite savage themselves.
I am interested in this story because I have never heard it before. I would love to find out how things work out for Mary.
I won this on goodreads, and I’m reading a ton of books at once so haven’t read much yet…BUT from what I’ve read, this book really delivers with compelling narrative! Good luck giveaway entrants! Thanks for the feature and your generosity to your readers.
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