What a delightful book.
Sarah Perkins isn't quite what Luke Ferguson was expecting when he hired the school teacher. Luke thought the woman he hired was plain, meek, and world-weary. Despite her appearance in the photo in the picture that prompted his school board to hire her, she is definitely not weary or biddable. Therefore, what ensues is a spirited battle of wills between and a woman and an entire town. It's got an entertaining cast of characters and I found myself smiling at their antics and at times laughing out loud.
But for all it's levity, there is also a great tragedy that comes in the form of an atack on the small community by an indian war party.
However, as I said at the onset, I was very pleased with this book and glad to have found it.
Sarah Perkins isn't quite what Luke Ferguson was expecting when he hired the school teacher. Luke thought the woman he hired was plain, meek, and world-weary. Despite her appearance in the photo in the picture that prompted his school board to hire her, she is definitely not weary or biddable. Therefore, what ensues is a spirited battle of wills between and a woman and an entire town. It's got an entertaining cast of characters and I found myself smiling at their antics and at times laughing out loud.
But for all it's levity, there is also a great tragedy that comes in the form of an atack on the small community by an indian war party.
However, as I said at the onset, I was very pleased with this book and glad to have found it.