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Kirkpatrick, Jane,
1946-
The Daughter's Walk
[Libby eBook] :
A Novel.
The Crown Publishing Group,
2011.
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HTML:A mother's tragedy, a daughter's desire and the 7000 mile journey that changed their lives. <br />  <br /> In 1896 Norwegian American Helga Estby accepted a wager from the fashion industry to walk from Spokane, Washington to New York City within seven months in an effort to earn $10,000. Bringing along her nineteen year-old daughter Clara, the two made their way on the 3500-mile trek by following the railroad tracks and motivated by the money they needed to save the family farm.  After returning home to the Estby farm more than a year later, Clara chose to walk on alone by leaving the family and changing her name. Her decisions initiated a more than 20-year separation from the only life she had known.<br />  <br /> Historical fiction writer Jane Kirkpatrick picks up where the fact of the Estbys’ walk leaves off to explore Clara's continued journey. What motivated Clara to take such a risk in an era when many women struggled with the issues of rights and independence? And what personal revelations brought Clara to the end of her lonely road? <i>The Daughter's Walk</i> weaves personal history and fiction together to invite readers to consider their own journeys and family separations, to help determine what exile and forgiveness are truly about.<br /> <br /> “Kirkpatrick has done impeccable homework, and what she recreates and what she imagines are wonderfully seamless. Readers see the times, the motives, the relationships that produce a chain of decisions and actions, all rendered with understatement. Kirkpatrick is a master at using fiction to illuminate history’s truths. This beautiful and compelling work of historical fiction deserves the widest possible audience.”<br /> <b><i><b>—</b>Publishers Weekly</i> (Starred Review)</b>.
Historical Fiction.
Literature.
Fiction.
Media Type: eBook.
Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Nominee.
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