True Sisters Audiobook

" This book was really good and it stoked my interest in finding out more about the trip to Salt Lake. How much of the book is true and then how much was embellished. Have to do more reading and that is not a bad thing! "

" Loved this book, as I do every book written by Sandra Dallas. She writes of the difficult journey of four Mormon women, coming together in different ways. "

" An amazing part of American history that I had never heard about--the trek of several hundred Mormons pushing hand-carts across the U.S. to Utah. This book tells of the many trials they experienced along the way and the bonds that were forged between the women who traveled together. "

" I found this book disappointing. What is billed as a story about the Martin handcart company turned into an anti polygamy rant and a put down of Mormon men, especially those in leadership positions. The plot is disjointed and told from so many points of view it lacks cohesiveness. There is no sense of sisterhood except between the two biological sisters. Contact between the other women is fleeting. At times the writing is brilliant; other times it wanders so much it loses any real impact. As a descendant of pioneers on that hand cart company and of one of the rescuers, a great grandfather who is buried beside the Sweetwater in Wyoming, as well as a woman who left the group with her husband to sign on as indentured servents when they lacked the funds to go on, I found this version sadly lacking. A far more accurate and compelling novel concerning this tragedy is David Farland's "In the Company of Angels". "

" I love this author, but did not enjoy this book. Definitely do not read if you struggle with your testimony of the pioneers or early church history. I get that it is fiction, but I did not enjoy it at all. "

" firsy of her books and got hooked on this author "

" Fascinating and based on the true story of the Martin company, a Mormon handcart company that met with disaster along the way to Salt Lake City. It was a relief to read a Sandra Dallas book that didn't have a horrible rape or near rape scene. "

" Couldn't put it down. Makes me interested in the historical accounts. Love Dallas' focus on the strength of women and their bonds. "

" An account of the Mormon Trail in the 1860s. "

" This was really a good historical fiction book about the Mormons trek to Salt Lake City with pushcarts. Crushing hardships and loss of faith along the way. "

" An excellent book about the Martin handcart company and their travels west. I am grateful that I was not a pioneer. :) I was impressed with Sandra Dallas's writing for this book - she is not LDS but I felt that she wrote a book that represents what LDS people believe and was true to the time. "

" Historical fiction about the Mormons traveling by handcart train to Utah. It was interesting and a good read. "

" Sandra Dallas is so good at word-painting relationships. This one is enhanced by its setting: Mormon Wagon train west. Dallas is always a must-read for me. "

" Historical fiction based on the emigration of Mormons from Great Britain as they push "hand-carts" from Iowa to the Great Salt Lake in 1856. Good characterization and well-researched, although Sandra Dallas's book, The Persian Pickle Club, is still my favorite. "

" This is the story of the last handcarts pushed from the Midwest to the Salt Lake Valley and of the difficulties they faced, not just with weather and tough terrain, but also from husbands, friends and others. We have a easy life! "

" This was such a good book, but heart wrenching. "