Westering women : a novel / Sandra Dallas.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250260321 (audiobook)
- ISBN: 9781250260321
- ISBN: 1250260329
- Physical Description: 8 audio discs (approximately 10 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Macmillan Audio, [2020]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Title from web page. Compact discs. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Angela Dawe. |
Summary, etc.: | It's February, 1852, and all around Chicago, Maggie sees postings soliciting 'eligible women' to travel to the gold mines of Goosetown. A young seamstress with a small daughter, she has nothing to lose. She joins forty-three other women and two pious reverends on the dangerous 2,000-mile journey west. None are prepared for the hardships they face on the trek or for the strengths they didn't know they possessed. Maggie discovers she's not the only one looking to leave dark secrets behind. And when her past catches up with her, it becomes clear a band of sisters will do whatever it takes to protect one of their own. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Women > Travel > Fiction. Gold mines and mining > California > Fiction. Overland Trails > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. Audiobooks. |
Available copies
- 6 of 6 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Union Free Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Union Free Public Library | Audbk FIC DAL (Text) | 34913148441862 | Adult Book on CD | Available | - |
Westering Women : A Novel
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Westering Women : A Novel
From the bestselling author of Prayers for Sale , Sandra Dallas' Westering Women is an inspiring celebration of sisterhood on the perilous Overland Trail. "If you are an adventuresome young woman of high moral character and fine health, are you willing to travel to California in search of a good husband?" It's February, 1852, and all around Chicago, Maggie sees postings soliciting "eligible women" to travel to the gold mines of Goosetown. A young seamstress with a small daughter, she has nothing to lose. She joins forty-three other women and two pious reverends on the dangerous 2,000-mile journey west. None are prepared for the hardships they face on the trek or for the strengths they didn't know they possessed. Maggie discovers she's not the only one looking to leave dark secrets behind. And when her past catches up with her, it becomes clear a band of sisters will do whatever it takes to protect one of their own.