5/19/2023 0 Comments Amy belding brown books![]() The two form a loving bond and are taken from one another when Mary is finally released on ransom. She is shown extreme generosity by one Native American in particular, James, who is a Christian himself. Starving and near death, she acts as the Natives do in order to survive, in hopes that one day she will be able to return to her husband and children. She is then taken as a slave and given to a Native American queen, unable to watch over her children. The author doesn’t leave much to the imagination and Mary is forced to watch the death of some of her family. In the year 1676, a Puritan mother of four witnesses a horrific massacre by Native Americans upon her town. ![]() ![]() ![]() What really isn’t to love about a story of a woman who goes from an obedient Puritan into a strong willed independent member of society? Amy Belding Brown does a fantastic job with this tale, it is clear she spent a generous amount of time researching Mary Rowlandson and it shows. It was hard for me to not completely enthrall myself with this novel. ![]()
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