Book Review - The Healing of Natalie Curtis

Natalie Curtis was preparing for her debut with the New York Philharmonic, a classically trained musician with exceptional talent, when a breakdown derailed her present and her future. Lost in her identity and her feeble with poor health, Natalie is struggling to find her way forward. Her brother George’s urging to travel to his beloved western frontier spurs Natalie to explore new places, people, passions that give Natalie purpose. She discovers the beauty of the indigenous people of the west and their music. She also discovers the trials they face and the injustice of the system that seeks to assimilate them into the white man’s culture and eradicate the traditions that shape their identity. Natalie’s work to preserve their culture becomes her purpose and her passion.

Jane Kirkpatrick preserves the story of Natalie Curtis and therefore the work done to save Native American music and other cultural traditions in The Healing of Natalie Curtis. She reminds us of the treasure that is a person’s cultural identity and to embrace the beauty found in one another.

The Healing of Natalie Curtis is available now from your favorite local bookseller or online.

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Thank you to the author and publisher for allowing me a copy to read and review. All opinions expressed here are my own and are completely genuine.

Book Review - Something Worth Doing

Jane Kirkpatrick gives us the story of suffragist Abigail Scott Duniway in her new release, Something Worth Doing. Beginning with the Scott family's trek across the rugged northwest to their new home in Oregon in 1852, Kirkpatrick weaves a colorful tapestry of the toils and trials of Abigail's young life which bring her to the point of action in the suffragist movement. From her early days of editorial writing through the process of building a school, millinery, and newspaper to advance the causes of women, the author walks the reader through all the emotional toil Abigail Duniway invested to improve the conditions in which women lived in her time, with a great goal of improving conditions for generations to come.

Something Worth Doing is an excellent choice for the historical fiction fan who is interested in the suffragist movement. I appreciate the way Jane Kirkpatrick highlighted this influential historical figure and filled in the gaps between the information we have. Though Abigail's grit was her driving force, I appreciate the way the author includes the great support given by her husband, children, and others who were dedicated to the cause.

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Thank you to the author and the publisher for allowing me a copy of this book to read and review. All opinions in this review are my own and are completely genuine.