"1916. The two-street town of Wallace is not exactly what Ellen Webster had in mind when she accepted a teaching position in Wyoming, but within a year’s time she’s fallen in love—both with the High Plains and with a handsome cowboy named Charlie Bacon. Life is not easy in the flat, brown corner of the state where winter blizzards are unforgiving and the summer heat relentless. But Ellen and Charlie face it all together, their relationship growing stronger with each shared success, and each deeply felt tragedy.
Ellen finds purpose in her work as a rancher’s wife and in her bonds with other women settled on the prairie. Not all of them are so lucky as to have loving husbands, not all came to Wallace willingly, and not all of them can survive the cruel seasons. But they look out for each other, share their secrets, and help one another in times of need. And the needs are great and constant. The only city to speak of, Cheyenne, is miles away, making it akin to the Wild West in rural Wallace. In the end, it is not the trials Ellen and Charlie face together that make them remarkable, but their love for one another that endures through it all."--Goodreads blurb
I've been a Sandra Dallas fan for years as she is a master of heartfelt and emotional stories that are simply written. This one left me with one main thought: goodness I am glad I didn't live during that time. It left me with heartbreak and love, anger and sadness. What more could you ask for in a novel? This was joyful at times, but that feeling of "what is going to happen now' is always in the back of your head. Because that's just how life was back then. Dallas puts you right in the wilds of Wyoming with Ellen, Charlie, and their friends and family, and they stay in the heart even after the book is over. I will forever read Sandra Dallas.
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