Kimberly T. (HeartsongChica) reviewed on
Helpful Score: 3
After disliking Jody's first book, The Preacher's Bride, I was pleasantly surprised by Jody's second book, The Doctor's Lady, and I enjoyed reading it very much. Jody's story is based on a real-life missionary couple, Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, who traveled to Oregon Country to begin a mission to the Native Americans. Narcissa and her companion Eliza were the first white women to cross the Continental Divide, paving the way for all the women who would follow later along the Oregon Trail.
The setting of Eli and Priscilla's journey west to Oregon Country, the perils they faced along the way, the secrets they tried to keep from each other and others traveling along with them, and the characters of Priscilla and Eli all combined into a fabulous story. Priscilla thinks of herself as selfish and spoiled, but doesn't see her own strength and will power to finish what she started. Eli's gentleness and compassion appealed to me, though his pride was a bit overbearing. The story's pacing was great, and kept me up late at night, since I had to know what would happen to Priscilla and Eli next. I was happy that Jody separated fact from fiction in her Author's Note at the end of the story, and mentioned Narcissa's journal. I would like to read it next.
With thanks to Bethany House for my review copy.
The setting of Eli and Priscilla's journey west to Oregon Country, the perils they faced along the way, the secrets they tried to keep from each other and others traveling along with them, and the characters of Priscilla and Eli all combined into a fabulous story. Priscilla thinks of herself as selfish and spoiled, but doesn't see her own strength and will power to finish what she started. Eli's gentleness and compassion appealed to me, though his pride was a bit overbearing. The story's pacing was great, and kept me up late at night, since I had to know what would happen to Priscilla and Eli next. I was happy that Jody separated fact from fiction in her Author's Note at the end of the story, and mentioned Narcissa's journal. I would like to read it next.
With thanks to Bethany House for my review copy.
