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My Name is Resolute
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This is historical fiction at its finest! However, this won't be for everyone. Reason being, it's long, it's very descriptive and it spans one woman's complete existence.
This is the story of Resolute Talbot. When we first meet her, she is but a young girl. Her and her siblings, Patience (15) and her brother August (13) are captured by pirates and taken from their home in Jamaica. It is set in the year 1729 just before the American Revolution. What a story told!
Resolute and her sister are brought to the New World and sold into servitude. They are taught spinning and weaving, until their rescue/escape. When she is betrayed by the man she thought she would marry in Boston, she falls back on her skill to survive. She meets a young woodsman living a double life, who is wanted in England. Here, her true life begins...and so does the history of America as we know it!
In my opinion, this was a wonderful history lesson with a strong fictional female protagonist! Her life is nothing short of adventurous and heart wrenching!
I loved the characters, hated the evil doers and was so invested in this story that I could not wait to do things that put me in a position to pop those ear buds in...to listen again!
I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone who loves historical fiction, America's history and one girl's scary kidnapping from a Jamaican plantation to the shores of America!
Thank you Nancy E. Turner for writing such a fantastic story.
This is the story of Resolute Talbot. When we first meet her, she is but a young girl. Her and her siblings, Patience (15) and her brother August (13) are captured by pirates and taken from their home in Jamaica. It is set in the year 1729 just before the American Revolution. What a story told!
Resolute and her sister are brought to the New World and sold into servitude. They are taught spinning and weaving, until their rescue/escape. When she is betrayed by the man she thought she would marry in Boston, she falls back on her skill to survive. She meets a young woodsman living a double life, who is wanted in England. Here, her true life begins...and so does the history of America as we know it!
In my opinion, this was a wonderful history lesson with a strong fictional female protagonist! Her life is nothing short of adventurous and heart wrenching!
I loved the characters, hated the evil doers and was so invested in this story that I could not wait to do things that put me in a position to pop those ear buds in...to listen again!
I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone who loves historical fiction, America's history and one girl's scary kidnapping from a Jamaican plantation to the shores of America!
Thank you Nancy E. Turner for writing such a fantastic story.
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Many studios have shown interest, most recently HBO. According to Nancy, "I'd love to see it on a big screen while I'm still here to enjoy it."
The petition link is in my bio! Nancy has no social media of her own, so this is being done on her behalf and with her permission!