In 1951, Frankie Chasing Bear is a Lakota caught between modern and traditional cultures. She wants to raise her young son Harold to revere his traditional Lakota heritage, but she knows he will need to become as a white man to succeed in the world. A barroom fight changes everything. Harold's father dies in a bar brawl and Harold and Frankie move to Arizona to start a new life. Frankie begins a special traditional Lakota Star pattern quilt for Harold with tribal wisdom sung, sewn and prayed into it. An encounter with BIA agent Nick Vandergriff changes everything again. Up until then Frankie never trusted Christians, Her own parents were forced to convert to Christianity at an Indian School. Vandergriff is a half-Lakota who is also caught between cultures. Will Nick succeed in convincing Frankie that white men and Christians aren't all bad? He tries to win her heart but who knows what might happen.
This is a lovely story about a protective mom and her son in Arizona. I enjoyed getting a peek into the unusual life of a single mom back in the 1950's. The added element of her Lakota heritage makes the book even more fascinating. Frankie Chasing Bear and Harold are great people in their own right and I loved the hope that was injected into the story. I love how the special Lakota Star quilt and the construction of it is built into the whole storyline just perfectly.
Don't miss this month's Quilts of Love book,
A Star Without Stars, by Linda S.
Clare. Linda is celebrating the release with a
Kindle HDX giveaway and joining her fellow Quilts of Love authors,
Barbara Cameron and Joyce Magnin, for a Facebook "Spring Fling" party on April
1st.
One winner will receive:
- A Kindle Fire HDX
- Scraps of Evidence by Barbara Cameron
- A Sky Without Stars by Linda S. Clare
- Maybelle in Stitches by Joyce Magnin
Enter today by clicking one of the icons below. But hurry,
the giveaway ends on April 1st. Winner will be announced
at the "Spring Fling" Facebook Party on April
1st. RSVP today and connect with the authors
from the Quilts of Love series, Barbara Cameron, Linda S. Clare, and
Joyce Magnin, for an evening of book chat, quilt trivia, prizes, and an
exclusive look at the next Quilts of Love book!
So grab your copies of
Scraps of
Evidence, A
Sky Without Stars, and Maybelle in
Stitches and join
Barbara, Linda, and Joyce on the evening of April 1st for a chance to
connect and make some new friends. (If you haven't read the books, don't
let that stop you from coming!)
Don't miss a moment of the fun; RSVP today by clicking JOIN at the
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Hope to see you on April 1st!
Don't forget to enter to win the Kindle HDX in the giveaway below!
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