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A Claim Of Her Own (2009)

by Stephanie Grace Whitson(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0764205129 (ISBN13: 9780764205125)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Bethany House Publishers

review 1: 3.5I really got into this one in the beginning. It was well written and I loved the characters. Mattie was so strong and I truly admire her determination to move forward even when she felt her world was falling apart. I was disappointed in the ending...it felt rather rushed to me. It had an interesting twist of "karma" with the villian that still has me a little confused. Still an enjoyable read.
review 2: I had the pleasure of interviewing Stephanie Grace Whitson on my radio show “Kingdom Highlights” regarding her new book, “A Claim Of Her Own” published by Bethany House. Maggie O’Keefe, the heroine, is on the run, having left Abilene in a hurry and has come to the town of Deadwood to join with her younger brother on his gold claim. A crisis occurs... more and Maggie has to tend the claim of her brother or lose everything.This is a wonderful, fun book. I think this is one of the hardest stories to write as it is all character driven and takes a steady hand to guide the characters through the story while remaining true to each character and these characters are memorable. There is Swede, a woman Bullwhacker, A person who hauls freight by walking thousands of miles whacking a bullwhip over the heads of oxen hauling 3 freight covered wagons and who wants to be a storekeeper. There is Tom, a Civil War veteran who lost his right hand and now has a hook and has come to Deadwood and opened a store. There is Aron, a street preacher, who has come to Deadwood to bring the Gospel to men who live for gold, alcohol and loose women. And there is Freddie, Swede’s son, the hunter and protector, who is simple but, probably, the most complex of them all. All these characters play an important part in Maggie’s life in Deadwood.This is a story of the past and how we let it determine our present and future. All of us have a past and some of us let it limit and hinder our growth in our present which, of course, adversely affects our future. All these characters have a past and the only way for their emotional healing is by the Lord through contact with each other. The Bible tells us, “Iron sharpens Iron” and that is shown through the pages of this book; not in a preachy manner but in day to day displays of friendship, caring and understanding of one another. You come to love these characters as if they were alive (and they are within the pages of this book) and it is a thrill to watch them interact, grow and put aside their distrust, fear and the hurts of their pasts and find peace in their present.Peter tells us we are “lively stones jointly fitted together”. I looked at a stone wall and found that each stone touched 6 other stones, 2 on top, 2 on each side and 2 on the bottom. Ms. Whitson, in her book, shows us how we come in contact with each other and what our relationship with each other can do. None of these characters can accomplish their dreams apart from the others and this is all demonstrated quite clearly by the deft hand of a master storyteller, Stephanie Grace Whitson.Many kudos to Ms. Whitson for a truly memorable book, I was sorry to see it end. Perhaps one day MS. Whitson will write a sequel and we will return to Deadwood to see what new adventures these characters will encounter. In the meantime we take solace that next year there will be a new book with new characters that will entertain us and give us new insights into our God and oursleves. less

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