Climbing Jacob's Ladder: The New World

By Carole Love Forbes

In the seventeenth century no woman of right mind wanted to be out in the world alone.Bridget Wodehouse, the pampered daughter of minor nobility in England, is orphaned at eighteen.She is waylaid and shipped to the New World, where she is forced to marry Ahab Ward, an unloving first-comer to Plymouth Plantation. Her one dream becomes to escape with her daughter, Rachel, to a kinder world. Ship's Master Christopher Johnson helps Bridget escape, but Rachel is accidentally left behind. How Rachel finally escapes and how Bridget gets her daughter back is a fascinating journey.Amanda McNeely, a child of the London streets, meets Bridget on the ship. Amanda is to beindentured. She is sold at auction by a cruel woodland hunter, and is subjected to deprivation and rape. When her owner is killed by Indians, Amanda escapes with her daughter, Melinda, to Jamestown Colony. She becomes deeply involved in the lives of the wealthy MacDougal family. Will her life be better with this enigmatic family, or will she and Melinda, have to keep running to find happiness?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1490353550
• ISBN13: 9781490353555
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"