These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901

Highly recommended!

This is one of my all time favorite books. I have recommended it to everyone. Sarah Prine is a heroine of the first water.

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An awesome story!

I have listened to the audiobook and read it too and I think this is an absolute wonderful story. I highly recommend it.

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Highly recommend

This is a woman's book with all the insight and emotions of a girl growing into a woman. Her descriptive journal of her covered wagon journey through the west and back lets you see her grow from a young girl to a woman and all she goes through.

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Good read.

Great story about an independent and capable pioneer woman. Recommended for modern day military spouses: This book shows that life with a military husband hasn't changed!

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A compelling novel

One of the best books I have ever read. It keeps you hooked from the first page.

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I really enjoyed this book. If it wasn't for my 12 month old I would have never put it down. I feel a strong attachment to her characters and I am going to recommend it to all of my friends and family.

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Fantastic!!!

I just finished this book...for the 10th time. I love it. I read it every chance I get (usually between other books). It is such an easy read, I can finish it in under a day (and that is saying something because I don't have the longest attention span). I wish everyone I knew would read These is my Words, I know they would love it. My recommendation: reread it, it is even better the second time!

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utterly amazing and beautiful!

I absolutely loved this book. It was one of the most touching books I have ever read, and one of the best coming-of-age stories mixed with a passionate love story at the end of the 19th century in the west. It has a very nice balance of action/adventure, drama, and love, and is perfect for all ages. It is one of the best historical fiction novels I have read, and I have read many. I highly recommend this novel.

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If You Love Historical Fiction...

I highly recommend this book! What I liked most about this book, besides the descriptive setting, was the heroine, Sarah Prine. You witness through Sarah's writing, her progression from a sheltered young adult to a strong, capable woman in the late 1800's. I got an insight into what it was like in the Arizona Territory during this time period (Indians, Mother Nature, wild Tucson, etc). Can't wait to read the next book, 'Sarah's Quilt'!

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Loved the book, love the time period.

Having grown up with the Laura Ingalls Wilder series and Little House on the Prairie show, I fell in love with reading and learning about life in the 1700 & 1800's...the challenges families and individuals faced to survive and thrive just fascinates me and I continue to wonder how they did it. The same feeling goes for These is My Words. I loved Sarah, and what struck me the most was early on in the book where it says we were use to moving fast and experiencing lots of death. Boy was that an understatment. Yet no matter where they were they had their traditions, their family, their neighbors and their love. They were accepting of neighbors who weren't the same colored skin and who had different religious beliefs as their own. Another thing I picked up on from Sarah was she was smart enough to know the importance of education, the role it played in people's lives even back in those times. I would recommend this to anyone who, like myself, enjoyed the Little House storyline or who just likes to learn how things were long before our own existence in this overly modern, disconnected world.

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One of the best historical novels, period.

I have never felt strongly enough about anything to write a review, but These Is My Words rises above ordinary books into the extraordinary. This is the best historical novel I have ever read, and that's saying something. Get it, read it, and tell everyone you know about it.

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Read it....Share it

This book is absolutely fantastic. I make everyone I know read it--and they all love it. I only wish I knew more people. Read it. You won't be sorry.

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Fantastic

If you need your sleep don't read this book. It is impossible to put it down. You'll be reading til wee hours of the morning. I've never read a book where I have felt so many emotions happy, sad, scared, proud, angry. I have passed this book to many friends and family and they have had the same reaction.

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A great gift!

My sister gave me this book and told me it was the best! She was right! I laughed, I cried - I couldn't put it down and wished it had not ended. I have purchased several as gifts for friends and they spread the word! A GREAT BOOK!

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THIS IS A PAGE TURNER

I have reread this book several times because the author has written about a female character who is 'fully developed' and leads an independent, adventurous life and who ultimately marries a man who is a true match for her. This book is one of my favorite reads and I am (unfortunately for me) fairly picky about what I read. I love to read books with women as the protagonist and who are true survivors. I've also read almost every book published about the holocaust for that and other reasons. Please do yourself a favor and read this book!

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My All-Time Fave!

This book kept me up way too late and got me up too early. It was very hard to put down. I have passed it around many social circles and have yet to find anyone who did not love it. Nancy Turner catches your attention and keeps it through the end. I found myself dreaming of the characters. I can't say enough about this book. I love it!

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Don't miss this book

I couldn't put this down. I am a new resident to Tucson and have often wondered about the families that settled this area...how brave and strong willed they must have been. I could relate to Sarah when it came to her determination. I would love to know the quilt pattern so I could make it.

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Exciting Story Line

I stumbled on this book and found it was one of my best reads ever! Nancy Turner has a talent for writing with honesty and clarity enterspaced with just a touch of humor. The trials of a pioneer family struggling in the Arizon territories is both realistic and riveting. Can't wait for her next book. I have shared this one with all my family and friends. I am looking forward to the sequel.

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Amazing!

This book will touch your soul. A friend recommended it to me and I bought it at the last minute. The first 30-40 pages are a hard read if you're squeamish but once the story kicks in, you understand the graphic parts shape who this woman becomes. I see another reviewer mentioned a sequel. I hope it's true. The story leaves off with Sarah at 37, so she has a lot more story to tell and I can't wait to read it!

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The most HEARTWRENCHING book anyone will ever read!

Anyone who has not read this book, especially women, do not know what they are missing!! It is my absolute favourite book of all time... I actually cannot put into words how moving and gripping this book is. I sat, ate, drank, slept with the book until the last page and then i cried because it was over. Never has a book made such an impression on me. Brilliant. You begin to live the characters.. feel Sarah's pain and her joy, hurt when she hurts, laugh when she laughs. Readers should not be put off by the book's somewhat depressing start as I was at first.. it's what shapes the book and gives it it's truth and stark reality. Read it now!

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