Publisher Description
The year is 1729, and Resolute Talbot and her siblings are captured by pirates, taken from their family in Jamaica, and brought to the New World. Resolute and her sister are sold into slavery in colonial New England and taught the trade of spinning and weaving. When Resolute finds herself alone in Lexington, Massachusetts, she struggles to find her way in a society that is quick to judge a young woman without a family. As the seeds of rebellion against England grow, Resolute is torn between following the rules and breaking free. Resolute's talent at the loom places her at the center of an incredible web of secrecy that helped drive the American Revolution.
Contains mature themes.
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About Nancy E. Turner
Nancy E. Turner’s
first novel, These Is My Words, was the
winner of the Arizona Author Award and a finalist for the 1999 Willa Cather
Award. She has penned two additional novels continuing the story of Arizona
territory pioneerwoman Sarah Agnes Prine, Sarah’s
Quilt and The Star Garden. Turner
lives in Tucson, Arizona, with her family.