February is the “love” month. It’s all about Valentines, sweets, being with your sweetheart and making memories! For February’s book review, I chose a love story—perfect for curling up on these cold, wintry nights.
These Is My Words is a story, unlike any other, and is written by Nancy Turner. A dear friend recommended this book. I found I could not put it down! I decided to give a copy of These Is My Words to my sister-in-law for her birthday; and she loved it, too--as did my Dad who read it at her house! So, this story isn’t just for women.
In the beginning, it might feel a bit difficult to read the words. It is told from the perspective of Sarah Agnes Prine and written in her own words through her diary. Her English is broken and, therefore, a little hard to understand, but you’ll find as you continue to read, you’ll see her dictation improve and the story unfold.
“A storm is rolling in, and that always makes me a little sad and wistful so I got it in my head to set to paper all these things that have got us this far on our way through this heathen land…Ernest and Albert is my big brothers, of which I got two youngern’s, Harland and Clover. Had a baby sister who when with the angels before she was a year old, so my folks calls her Harriet Jane but on the inside I calls her my Angel Sister.”—Sarah Agnes Pine July 22, 1881.
This story is the classic adventure of one courageous woman’s life and struggles in the Arizona Territories in the late nineteenth century. So, if you like that era in time, you’ll love this book! And if you like a good, clean romance you’ll love this book, too!
On the back of These Is My Words, it says: “A moving, exciting and heartfelt American saga inspired by the author’s own family memoirs, these words belong to Sarah Prine, a woman of spirit and fire who forges a full and remarkable existence in a harsh, unfamiliar frontier. Scrupulously recording her steps down the path Providence has set her upon -from child to determined young adult to loving mother—she shares the turbulent events, both joyous and tragic, that molded her, and recalls the enduring love with cavalry officer Captain Jack Elliot that gave her strength and purpose. Rich in authentic everyday details and alive with truly unforgettable characters, These Is My Words brilliantly brings a vanished world to breathtaking life again.”
Nancy E. Turner is the author of several fictional books which also include: The Water and the Blood and Sarah’s Quilt. She has been a seam snipper in a clothing factory, a church piano player, a paleontologist’s aide and an executive secretary. She lives in Tucson, AZ. with her husband and two children.
You’ll want to pick up this book at your local library or order it on Amazon. You will be inspired, uplifted and renewed with a feeling of love all over again.
