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A Review (but not mine): "Amy Shelby has been lost in her grief since her baby boy died a year ago. Her husband, Jesse, doesn't know what to do for the cold, quiet woman Amy has become. Each passing day brings more distance between them--distance neither seems able to bridge. Can Amy find her way back to the family that loves her...the family she loves?
"Cheryl St. John writes stories so full of real human emotion. Amy's grief is palpable, just as the love between Jesse and Amy is. Your heart will twist as you watch them try to find their way back to love."
"Cheryl St. John writes stories so full of real human emotion. Amy's grief is palpable, just as the love between Jesse and Amy is. Your heart will twist as you watch them try to find their way back to love."
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Good "prairie" story.
Barbara N. (Barbie4) reviewed Prairie Wife (Harlequin Historicals, No 739) on + 273 more book reviews
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I really enjoyed this book. Amy Shelby had learned this sorrow well.Her heart had gone into the ground a year ago along with her boy's tiny casket.And not even her husband,Jesse, wrestling the same pain could resurrect any hope in her.Jesse Shelby mourned two losses his baby son and his openhearted bride,for when theirchild died, Amy retreated behind a wall of grief as wide as the Nebraska prairie.
I really liked this book
Lori G. (muddyroads) reviewed Prairie Wife (Harlequin Historicals, No 739) on + 272 more book reviews
A good historical romance.
2020 has been a difficult year and I've been searching for feel-good books to help me skim along with what is going on. I ordered this selection because Cheryl St. John is usually a feel-good author. This book was a shock. The couple is already married for years and they have lost their only child through drowning. This is the story of how Amy and Jesse learn to love again. It is a poignant story, but never maudlin or sappy.
The marriage is in severe crisis; Amy stops feeling and Jesse takes up the bottle. However, the couple is in business with a stagecoach station/wagon train station (rooms, baths, and meals) on the Overland Trail. They are constantly surrounded by others. The author gives the reader a hint of what will save the couple. She notes that Amy takes good care of others. Even in Jesse's most difficult days, he always helps Amy. With those behaviors, the reader can hold on until they find each other again.
The marriage is in severe crisis; Amy stops feeling and Jesse takes up the bottle. However, the couple is in business with a stagecoach station/wagon train station (rooms, baths, and meals) on the Overland Trail. They are constantly surrounded by others. The author gives the reader a hint of what will save the couple. She notes that Amy takes good care of others. Even in Jesse's most difficult days, he always helps Amy. With those behaviors, the reader can hold on until they find each other again.