The Memory Weaver

By Jane Kirkpatrick

Book Overview

"Jane Kirkpatrick puts flesh and blood on the bones of history. Set against an authentic nineteenth-century background, this is a superb story of a woman's struggle to triumph over time and place. . . . A memorable book."--Sandra Dallas, New York Times bestselling author

Eliza Spalding Warren was just a child when she was taken hostage by the Cayuse Indians during a massacre in 1847. Now a mother of two, Eliza faces a new kind of dislocation; her impulsive husband wants to make a new start in another territory, which will mean leaving her beloved home and her mother's grave--and returning to the land of her captivity.

Haunted by memories and hounded by struggle, Eliza longs to know how her mother dealt with the trauma of their ordeal. As she searches the pages of her mother's diary, Eliza is stunned to find that her own recollections tell only part of the story.

Based on true events, The Memory Weaver is New York Times bestselling author Jane Kirkpatrick's latest literary journey into the past, where threads of western landscapes, family, and faith weave a tapestry of hope inside every pioneering woman's heart. Get swept up in this emotional story of the memories that entangle us and the healing that awaits us when we bravely unravel the threads of the past.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800722329
• ISBN13: 9780800722326
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up

Customer Reviews

What is a memory?

Massacre survivor Eliza Spalding Warren has terrible fears and memories of the time she spent as a captive of Cayuse Indians, when she was 10. She was the only one of the captives who could speak both English and the native tongue. Her beloved mother dies when she is a young teen, leaving her to mostly raise her two younger sisters. She grows up and continues to have blackouts from her past. She marries a man her father detests, thinks Mr. Warren is not worthy of his oldest daughter. The book takes you through her life, raising her daughters and dealing with her husband. Quite an enjoyable book, Jane Kirkpatrick takes a lot of history and weaves a story with a bit of fiction. Highly recommend.