The Diary of Mattie Spenser
By Sandra Dallas
(St. Martin's Griffin, Paperback, 9780312187101, 240pp.)
Publication Date: May 1998
Other Editions of This Title: eBook
Categories: Historical - General
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No one is more surprised than Mattie Spenser herself when Luke Spenser, considered the great catch of their small Iowa town, asks her to marry him. Less than a month later, they are off in a covered wagon to build a home on the Colerado frontier. Mattie's only company is a slightly mysterious husband and her private journal, where she records the joys and frustrations not just of frontier life, but also of a new marriage to a handsome but distant stranger. As she and Luke make life together on the harsh and beautiful plains, Mattie learns some bitter truths about her husband and the girl he lieft behind and finds love where she least expects it. Dramatic and suspenseful, this is an unforgettable story of hardship, friendship and survival.
Sandra Dallas is the author of Alice's Tulips, The Persian Pickle Club and Buster Midnight's Cafe. She lives in Denver, Colorado.
"A wonderfully vivit portrait of frontier life...Mattie is a marvelous creation...It's a story that's genuinely moving and impossible to put down." --Rocky Mountain News
"One of the bright new voices in historical fiction...Dallas's authentic period details, her colorful minor characters, and most of all Mattie herself lend charm and emotnional truth to this appealing marital and pioneering adventure." --Publishers Weekly
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