The time is 1895 and life is hard. Survival depends on
staying one step ahead of the weather, food supply, heat
source, health and Native Americans in the case of those
brave enough to try and settle a harsh place. Debra Holland
provides a well-illustrated landscape of what was probably
typical in her fifth book of the Montana Sky series.
HEALING MONTANA SKY speaks to the issues farmers faced on
their rather secluded ranches.
In HEALING MONTANA SKY, Debra Holland paints a bleak picture
of securing a future for a family. So many battles to wage, so few resources.
Childbirth is often life threatening. Child rearing is often secondary to tending
the farm. And yet Holland makes sure to equally showcase how people learn
and adapt. Her main characters are very different in their
backgrounds but they share a basic humanity that is the
core of their ability to fashion a family. Our characters
are challenged by the meager tools at their disposal, lack
of formal education and finance. These are good people that
value the sanctity of marriage and their religion.
Debra Holland illustrates her mastery of the life and times
of the 1890's. She wields a sharp sword in her duel between
her amazing endearing characters and the undeveloped land
they choose to call home.
HEALING MONTANA SKY is about the compelling need to merge
two families in order to survive -- a true marriage of
convenience -- necessity. A widow with two children, no
place to live, and scant resources. A widower with an infant
whose life is in the balance.
Debra Holland painted a vivid verbal masterpiece with
HEALING MONTANA SKY. It's okay to jump into this series
with this story that has no issue with standing on its own.
After a grizzly bear kills Antonia Valleau’s trapper husband, she packs her few worldly possessions,
leaves her home in the mountains of Montana, and treks to nearby Sweetwater Springs, seeking work
to provide for her two young sons.
Reeling from the loss of his wife during childbirth, Erik Muth must find a nursing mother for his
newborn daughter to survive. For their children’s sake, Erik and Antonia wed, starting a new life
together on his farm on the prairie. But it’s no easy union. Antonia misunderstands Erik’s quiet
personality. He finds her independence disconcerting. Both hide secrets that challenge their growing
intimacy.
When Indians steal livestock from farms around Sweetwater Springs to feed their starving tribe, the
outraged townsfolk demand retaliation. Erik and Antonia must work together to prevent a massacre.
Will a marriage forged in loss blossom into love?
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