![]() ![]() Although she suffered a great heartbreak shortly after his departure she perseveres and thrives. She was not just a meek wife content to have tea with other wives while waiting for her husband to return from his commission. Still, I’m thinking that it would have been too dry just to have the accounts of Colonel Forrester’s explorations so Ivey added more components to round out the book.įirst, there was Sophie’s (Forrester’s wife) story and I LOVED her character. It read more like a non-fiction historical account of an 1885 Alaska exploration (it was, in fact, inspired by a real-life journey in the same year). I loved Ivey’s book, Snow Child and looked forward to diving into this one and it did not disappoint. ![]() “There were many who thought this expedition impossible, to travel up the Wolverine River, to cross this divide into the heart of Alaska. ![]()
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