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2017 Nancy Pearl Book Award
After the tragic death of her husband and son on a remote island in Washington’s San Juan Islands, Eliza Waite joins the throng of miners, fortune hunters, business owners, con men, and prostitutes traveling north to the Klondike in the spring of 1898. When Eliza…
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From a lonely island off the coast of Washington to the rough-and-tumble boomtown of Skagway, Alaska, in 1898, Eliza Waite blazes her own trail through every hardship imaginable. I was with her every step of the way. A woman of quiet hunger and fierce spirit, Eliza devours the news of the suffragists fighting for the vote, all while building a brave new life in a world run by men. She is clever, curious, and courageous, a heroine to cheer for from her tragic beginning to her triumphant end. I closed the book wishing I could have shared a cup of…
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