I have always been attracted to pioneer stories told from the viewpoint of women. In this novel, Meg Mabry has resisted reading her great-grandmother Hannah’s journals, which chronicle her life in New Mexico as a Harvey girl at the Montezuma Mansion at the turn of the century.

Hannah’s daughter, Bassie, who raised Meg, has lovingly and painstakingly edited the now famous journals. Meg and Bassie are stubborn, opinionated and lonely. Yet they are bound together on a trip to New Mexico when an archaeological excavation near Hannah’s home reveals secrets left out of the family history that Bassie has tried to preserve.

A little known historical incident, the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857, and a tragic railway accident, demonstrate the dangers that were common in settling the American Southwest.

--Recommended by Connie

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