Taming the Twisted, Jodie Toohey
Taming the Twisted, Jodie Toohey
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Taming the Twisted

Author: Jodie Toohey

Narrator: Bonnie Trost

Unabridged: 7 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/10/2020


Synopsis

"Taming the Twisted" is written in a similar style to Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" books though updated for modern times. It might read as if she'd left in all of the juicy tidbits about things people didn't talk about during the time when she was writing. "Taming the Twisted" is a story of destruction, romance, mystery, and deceit set against a backdrop of an actual historical event.In early June 1860, Abigail enjoyed a peaceful home life with her parents, younger sister, and twin toddler brothers. Their home in Camanche, Iowa, where they’d emigrated from Pennsylvania, was almost complete and her beau, Joseph Sund, had recently proposed marriage.That changes the evening of June 3rd when a tornado rips through town, killing her parents. At the mass funeral for the over two dozen people who perished in the storm, she learns Marty Cranson, with whom Abigail witnessed Joseph having a heated argument, died, but at the hands of a person rather than the tornado.In addition to being faced with raising her young siblings, Joseph has disappeared without a trace and a stranger, Marshall Stevenson, appears, offering to help Abigail repair the families’ home and cultivate the newly planted farm crops.Abigail, while developing romantic feelings for Marshall, tolerating the scorn of town woman Pamela Mackenrow, and working as a seamstress and storekeeper to support her siblings, becomes obsessed with finding out who killed Marty, hoping that and not that he no longer loved her, was the reason Joseph left without saying goodbye.

Reviews

Goodreads review by OG on February 15, 2016

When I read “written in a similar style to Laura Ingalls Wilders’ Little House books”, I knew that TAMING THE TWISTED by Jodie Toohey was a book I wanted to read. Unfortunately, I didn’t think it was at all like the beloved Little House books aside from both families being on a prairie. That’s not t......more

Goodreads review by Heather on June 03, 2016

Three and a half stars, rounded to four for Goodreads scale. Having always been a fan of the Little House on the Prairie series, I was curious to read a novel by an author that stated her book emulated the style of the great Laura Ingalls Wilder. Upon beginning Miss Toohey’s book, I was drawn in by t......more

Goodreads review by A Holland Reads on February 14, 2016

This was an interesting book. There were a few things I liked about it. It was set in one of my favorite time periods as well as in a state I am very familiar with. Then when you add in a little mystery it just makes the story even better. I thought the characters were very real and could have been......more

Goodreads review by Mary on October 13, 2015

Taming the Twisted goes from tragedy to triumph as young Abigail Sinkey rebuilds her pioneer life after surviving the 1860 tornado that devastated Camanche, Iowa. As readers, we experience first hand the sometimes overwhelming challenges the teenage heroine faces as she takes on the responsibility o......more

Goodreads review by Teressa on March 19, 2016

I have never read anything by this author before,but definitely would again.This was a pleasant book to read and was well written.I really enjoyed reading this book......more