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A Distant Call: The Fateful Choices of Hattie Sheldon
WE ALL FACE CHOICES IN LIFE…SOME OF THEM CHANGE OUR DESTINY FOREVER.
This historical saga - based on the true-life story of Hattie Sheldon - opens in the 1840s of Hattie's youth. Across America, new movements burst onto the landscape - including the thrust for women's rights and the abolition of slavery. Gold has been discovered, and adventurers head west. Hattie's spirit is stirred by their stories, challenging lofty goals. She senses a greater purpose is calling her. What is it and where will it lead?
Yet, she's caught between two, struggling influences. Her father's abolitionist zeal ignites her passion to sere the downcast amid foreign cultures. But her mother's cautious spirit tugs her toward a safe, secure life in their upstate city of Utica, New York.
Hattie seeks her own path at faraway Amherst Academy in Massachusetts, where new ideas both awaken and alarm her. A comfortable, sedate city life awaits her back home, complete with socials and the chance to marry one of society's young scions.
When Hattie learns the disenfranchised Cherokees out west in Indian Territory need teachers, the two focus within her collide. Should she make the safe choice and stay…or risk everything for a fervent vision that will shatter her mother's already broken heart? How will she resolve the conflict between her ambition and her loyalty?
This historical saga - based on the true-life story of Hattie Sheldon - opens in the 1840s of Hattie's youth. Across America, new movements burst onto the landscape - including the thrust for women's rights and the abolition of slavery. Gold has been discovered, and adventurers head west. Hattie's spirit is stirred by their stories, challenging lofty goals. She senses a greater purpose is calling her. What is it and where will it lead?
Yet, she's caught between two, struggling influences. Her father's abolitionist zeal ignites her passion to sere the downcast amid foreign cultures. But her mother's cautious spirit tugs her toward a safe, secure life in their upstate city of Utica, New York.
Hattie seeks her own path at faraway Amherst Academy in Massachusetts, where new ideas both awaken and alarm her. A comfortable, sedate city life awaits her back home, complete with socials and the chance to marry one of society's young scions.
When Hattie learns the disenfranchised Cherokees out west in Indian Territory need teachers, the two focus within her collide. Should she make the safe choice and stay…or risk everything for a fervent vision that will shatter her mother's already broken heart? How will she resolve the conflict between her ambition and her loyalty?
385 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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November 10, 2019
A glimpse into how restricted and confined were women in the 19th century. Hattie appears as determined as anyone I know - but the book is too much about her thinking and not enough of her actions.
December 17, 2015
Lane Dolly is going to be a great writer, I've no doubt. A DISTANT CALL: The Fateful Choices of Hattie Sheldon is a good book, but will not be her best. The three stars are not indicative of that, but it's impossible to give 3.5. Give her time, and I truly believe she'll be one of the best writers around.
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