River of Sky

by Karen Harper

Book by Harper, Karen

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Historical Romance

667 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

A New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Karen Harper is a former college English instructor (The Ohio State University) and high school literature and writing teacher. A lifelong Ohioan, Karen and her husband Don divide their time between the midwest and the southeast, both locations she has used in her books. Besides her American settings, Karen loves the British Isles, where her Scottish and English roots run deep, and where she has set many of her historical Tudor-era mysteries and her historical novels about real and dynamic British women. Karen's books have been published in many foreign languages and she won the Mary Higgins Clark Award for 2005. Karen has given numerous talks to readers and writers across the county. Her most recent books include THE SOUTH SHORES TRILOGY (CHASING SHADOWS, DROWNING TIDES and FALLING DARKNESS.) Her latest historical is THE ROYAL NANNY. Please visit her website at www.KarenHarperAuthor and her fb page at www.facebook.com/KarenHarperAuthor

Reviews

[Angie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Couldn't finish it. Too many uninteresting story lines.

[Ciarrah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very enjoyable frontier adventure with a touch of romance. I thoroughly enjoyed the story, the characters, learning about a time and place I was unfamiliar with. My only complaints are with the editing (spelling and grammar mistakes aplenty) and the somewhat clunky writing style. I feel like the author was going for a "historically accurate" speech pattern and it didn't succeed, in my opinion. All in all very entertaining older book. Would recommend.

[Gillian Andrews · Rating 4 out of 5]

River of Sky is a portrait of a young woman who overcomes many obstacles in order to take care of herself and her small son after her husband dies in Missouri 1835. The events that follow shape the woman she was meant to become. She defies the odds and takes over her husband's trading business, befriends her husband's Mandan wife, Blue Wing, tries to help the Mandan tribe, and eventually finds love again.
If you like reading about how women overcome adversity, this book is for you. I found it inspiring and hopeful.

[Phyllis · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this book, it gave me an insight to life during early American history on the Missouri River.

[Leslie Lea Nord · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting historical fiction on Native Americans and early settlers

[Megan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm impressed by the historical detail the author used in the book, but I found the story itself unengaging.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good story but not really my type of book - too typical romance.
I only read 300 of the 440 pages - just skimmed over the last pages to figure out
what happened.

[Cindy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Gave it up 1/4 of the way through. Just too slow going. The writer put in too many unnecessary sentences. Might have been a good story if more tightly written.

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Have read a number of her books and the difference in them never ceases to amaze me. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I am now looking to see what other historical fictions she has written.

[Tammie · Rating 2 out of 5]

2 1/2 stars

[Loraine · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars