A Transcontinental Affair, Jodi Daynard
A Transcontinental Affair, Jodi Daynard
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A Transcontinental Affair

Author: Jodi Daynard

Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith

Unabridged: 9 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2019

Synopsis

A sweeping tale of adventure and danger, innovation and corruption, and two women whose lives intertwine in unexpected ways on America’s first transcontinental train trip.May 1870. Crowds throng the Boston station, mesmerized by the mechanical wonder huffing on the rails: the Pullman Hotel Express, the first train to travel from coast to coast. Boarding the train are congressmen, railroad presidents, and even George Pullman himself. For two young women, strangers until this fateful day, it’s the beginning of a journey that will change their lives.Sensitive Louisa dreads the trip, but with limited prospects, she’s reluctantly joined the excursion as a governess to a wealthy family. Hattie is traveling to San Francisco to meet her fiancé, yet she’s far more interested in the workings of the locomotive than she is in the man awaiting her arrival. As the celebrated train moves westward, the women move toward one another, pulled by an unexpected attraction.But there is danger in this closeness, just as there is in the wilds of the frontier and in the lengths the railroad men will go to protect their investments. Before their journey is over, Louisa and Hattie will find themselves very far from where they intended to go.

About Jodi Daynard

Jodi Daynard is the author of the bestselling trilogy that includes The Midwife’s Revolt, Our Own Country, and A More Perfect Union. Her stories and essays have appeared in numerous periodicals, including the New York Times Book Review, the Village Voice, the Paris Review, AGNI, Fiction, and the New England Review. She has taught writing at Harvard University, at MIT, and in the MFA program at Emerson College.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Breanne

I got this book as a kindle first reads and read the vast majority of it on an airplane. It was solidly meh. The description makes it sound way more exciting than it was. The story didn’t pick up until way past the halfway point. I thought it sounded promising, but ended up being more of a bore.......more

Goodreads review by Julie

I was so happy to see an LGBTQ title among my Kindle First Read offers this month - a free ebook for Amazon Prime members. I promptly snagged it, and I wanted so much to love it. I want to encourage Amazon to offer this sort of title just as often as possible! Alas, I wasn't madly impressed with the......more

Goodreads review by Karren

The new Pullman Hotel Express leaves Boston in 1870, it’s has eight train carriages and is bound for San Francisco. The first train to travel from coast to coast, going westward, through the mountains, prairies and barren deserts and it draws huge crowds along the way. The train is full of congressm......more

Goodreads review by Mary

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5 A Transcontinental Affair is my first time reading a novel by Jodi Daynard but it definitely won't be my last. This was such a great historical fiction novel, and one that I will remember for a long time to come. A Transcontinental Affair focuses on the Pullman Hotel Express, which is th......more

Goodreads review by Ann

This lovely novel takes readers on a journey that features the most advanced train travel of the day, and also on an exploration of the human spirit, courage, and heart. Daynard not only creates great characters, she paints them with vivid colors and light. Each one is unique and fully developed, an......more

Quotes

“Inspired by true events, A Transcontinental Affair is a remarkable story of love, adventure, and self-discovery, a powerful and eye-opening novel that crosses genres as it crosses the continent.” —The Advocate“Climb aboard the Pullman Hotel Express! Let Jodi Daynard reward you with characters you care about, details you cannot forget, and a romance that you will find unconventional indeed. It’s a beautifully drawn depiction of America at the dawn of the modern age…modern and surprising in so many ways.” —William Martin, New York Times bestselling author of Back Bay and Bound for Gold“Over the course of a momentous train excursion across the continent, a cast of intriguing characters slowly reveal their secrets. With impeccable research and details, surprising developments, and unexpected thrills, Daynard shows us all that we never know where we might find love.” —Ann Howard Creel, bestselling author of The Whiskey Sea

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