True Women
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.75 (755 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0804113084 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Great story. I'm glad the author wrote her family's jennifer gillis Great story. I'm glad the author wrote her family's story, it's an amazing history of the brave women in her family tree. Now future generations of women will have these women to learn from.. I was glued to this book from beginning to end I was glued to this book from beginning to end. This is a curl up in a chair with a cup of coffee read!. S. Beauman said Good Historical Novel. True Women is a very well written novel based on historical facts researched by the author regarding her female ancestors. Some may remember the movie version, which was the reason I wanted to read the book. It is quite a testimonial about the love and lives of the strong and brave women that helped to shape this country and the hardships they endured. I found it fascinating. the author captured the flavor of the period extremely well and in great detail.
In the next generation, another doughty heroine, Bettie Moss, marries William's son Henry King and copes with five siblings and a daughter, the Great Depression and the rise of the Klan in Texas. The victim of prejudice because she's rumored to be part Creek Indian, Georgia Lawshe marries gentle physician Peter Woods. Windle's pastiche of imaginative language (a community is made of "clapboard and promise") and cliche ("hair black as night") is generally appealing. Featuring well-known historical figures as well as members of the King and Woods clans, it is a sort of Gone with the Wind , Texas-style. In sum, this Texas-sized read is an unusual, intriguing blend of historical novel and family memoir. Each succeeding section of this saga is a bit weaker in force and style, as the author's depiction of her kin gets closer to the present day. From Publishers Weekly Filled with tales of the strength and bravery of Texas women, this uneven first nove
Though she risked her plantation running the Yankee cotton blockade during the Civil War, Georgia Virginia Lawshe Woods still had to defend her family from a corrupt Yankee officer . Alive and pulsating with the events of our history, TRUE WOMEN tells the story of two dynastic family lines in Texas, the Kings and the Woodses. Euphemia Texas Ashby King could ride and shoot like any man, and she was there when Sam Houston's rag-tag army routed Santa Anna at San Jacinto . Bettie Moss King survived wolves, storms, and the Ku Klux Klan to steer her family through the turbulent birth of modern times.Inspired by the author's own Texas roots, here is an unforgettable saga of the grit, determination, and courage of TRUE WOMEN.""Heartfelt The hardships and adventures faced by this family are so movingly described that I was in tears." -- The New York Times Book Review