These is My Words - Nancy Turner

These is my Words : The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine by Nancy TurnerI was given this book by my daughter who is very good at finding books written about places where I have been or am planning to visit. I read this after we were came back from the USA last year and it was such a wonderfully written book that I could really see Sarah and her family struggling across the inhospitable terrain with their wagon hoping for a new start in life. We had spent quite a lot of our time visiting places like the Oregon trail Centre in Montpelier in Idaho, Scott’s Bluff and Chimney Rock in Nebraska and other ... more

These is my Words is the first book in a trilogy. Books two and three are titled Sarah's Quilt and Star Garden. I warn you now, you'll enjoy These is my Words so much that you may as well order all three together. Why I am recommending this book: Late last year I was browsing Amazon and clicked on one of those links where other customers discuss their favourite books. Someone was raving about These is My Words by Nancy E Turner and the comments which followed supported the reviewer's opinion that this, possibly, was the best book she'd read - ever. The author, Nancy E Turner, was inspired to ... more