An Unseemly Wife
by E.B. Moore
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Pub Date Oct 07 2014 | Archive Date Oct 07 2014
Description
Not all journeys come to an end....
1867. Ruth Holtz has more blessings than she can count—a loving husband, an abundant farm, beautiful children, and the warm embrace of the Amish community. Then, the English arrive, spreading incredible stories of free land in the West and inspiring her husband to dream of a new life in Idaho.
Breaking the rules of their Order, Ruth’s husband packs up his pregnant wife and their four children and joins a wagon train heading west. Though Ruth is determined to keep separate from the English, as stricture demands, the harrowing journey soon compels her to accept help from two unlikely allies: Hortence, the preacher’s wife, and the tomboyish, teasing Sadie.
But as these new friendships lead to betrayal, what started as a quest for a brighter future ends with Ruth making unthinkable sacrifices, risking faith and family, and transforming into a woman she never imagined she’d become….
1867. Ruth Holtz has more blessings than she can count—a loving husband, an abundant farm, beautiful children, and the warm embrace of the Amish community. Then, the English arrive, spreading incredible stories of free land in the West and inspiring her husband to dream of a new life in Idaho.
Breaking the rules of their Order, Ruth’s husband packs up his pregnant wife and their four children and joins a wagon train heading west. Though Ruth is determined to keep separate from the English, as stricture demands, the harrowing journey soon compels her to accept help from two unlikely allies: Hortence, the preacher’s wife, and the tomboyish, teasing Sadie.
But as these new friendships lead to betrayal, what started as a quest for a brighter future ends with Ruth making unthinkable sacrifices, risking faith and family, and transforming into a woman she never imagined she’d become….
Advance Praise
"E.B. Moore's AN UNSEEMLY WIFE is absolutely top-notch historical fiction, illuminating as if with rays of sun an American landscape as cruel as it is lush, as harsh as it is hopeful. This story of Ruth and her Amish family's westward migration is an emigrant tale with a twist that will wring your heart--you'll never, ever forget it. I couldn't look away from this novel, and its characters will live with me always. An absolutely beautiful, harrowing book."— Jenna Blum, author of The Stormchasers and Those Who Save Us
"An Unseemly Wife is one of those rare novels of beauty and darkness, transfixing us with a place few can imagine and a narrator as fierce as she is true. Ruth's journey may emerge from another century, but her failures in faith and love are our own--as are her triumphs. E.B. Moore creates a world with the slightest strokes of a pen, and the story's ghosts will remain with you long after you close the book."— Michelle Hoover, author of The Quickening
"In An Unseemly Wife, E.B. Moore walks the rare tightrope of artistry, writing this harrowing and gripping novel with exquisite care and detail, putting into sharp relief the story of an Amish family crossing the country by wagon."— Randy Susan Meyers, Bestselling author of The Murderer's Daughters & The Comfort of Lies
"An Unseemly Wife is one of those rare novels of beauty and darkness, transfixing us with a place few can imagine and a narrator as fierce as she is true. Ruth's journey may emerge from another century, but her failures in faith and love are our own--as are her triumphs. E.B. Moore creates a world with the slightest strokes of a pen, and the story's ghosts will remain with you long after you close the book."— Michelle Hoover, author of The Quickening
"In An Unseemly Wife, E.B. Moore walks the rare tightrope of artistry, writing this harrowing and gripping novel with exquisite care and detail, putting into sharp relief the story of an Amish family crossing the country by wagon."— Randy Susan Meyers, Bestselling author of The Murderer's Daughters & The Comfort of Lies
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780451469984 |
| PRICE | $22.00 (USD) |
