Sixteen Brides

Name: Sixteen Brides
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
Author: Stephanie Grace Whitson
ISBN: 9781449837082

Author: Stephanie Grace Whitson

Narrator: Ruth Ann Phimister

Unabridged: 14 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/17/2010

Categories: Fiction, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction, Religious

Synopsis

In Sixteen Brides by Christy Award finalist Stephanie Grace Whitson, Civil War widows living in St. Louis are lured west by promises of prime homesteads in a booming community. When the unsuspecting women arrive at Plum Grove, Nebraska, sparks fly as they meet bachelors convinced they've come to marry them. The widows will need all the courage and faith they can muster to survive these unwanted circumstances-especially since appearances are so deceiving.

About Stephanie Grace Whitson

Award-winning novelist Stephanie Grace Whitson began playing with imaginary friends (i.e., writing fiction) in the 1990s when an abandoned pioneer cemetery near the Whitson's country home provided not only a hands-on history lesson for her four home schooled children, but also a topic of personal study. She has continued to write full time since the release of her first novel in 1995. When not writing or researching, she enjoys reading, quilting, spoiling her grandchildren and/or Kona Kai (the golden retriever), and riding her motorcycle named Kitty.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alisa

This book was a pleasant surprise! I wasn't excited to read a book about 16 brides -- I thought it would be too confusing to follow, but we only really learn about 5 (6 counting Ella's mother) of these brides and their stories! Mr. Hamilton Drake is a cheat and a fraud, but unfortunately the women of......more

Goodreads review by Amber

A very interesting story about a pack of women determined to leave the past behind and embrace the pioneer spirit. Each character was endearing in their own way and each had their own struggles to overcome. There are a couple of "fast-forward" parts, but they weren't too bad. The only disappointment......more