5/25/2023 0 Comments Hidden truths by jaeAs Luke sets out to deliver horses to Fort Boise he leaves Amy in charge to test her management of the ranch and her desire to take the reigns. Luke Hamilton and his wife Nora have built a successful horse ranch and raised two independent and strong daughters, Amy and Nattie. Jo has the dreadful cough that signifies brown lung, but she only has a week to go before she will be off West to marry a man who is a stranger.įate has other plans and when Jo succumbs, Rika, who uses her savings to pay for her friend's funeral, and who has lost her job and her home, has very little choice but to use Jo's ticket west and take her place as a mail order bride. Rika tries to care for her friend Jo, but the harsh hours and poor living standards are clearly taking their toll. The owners treat them like slaves, the conditions are killing them and the poverty is weighing them down. Life is brutal for the young women who work the mills in mid nineteenth century Boston.
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