After the loss of her father two years before, Hannah Moseby has endured resentment from her step-father in order to help her mother get through her new marriage. When her step-father tells her he’s arranged a marriage for her with a preacher going west, and she can either marry the preacher or she can find somewhere else to live, she agrees to meet the man. She’s not a natural fit as a preacher’s wife, and she’s not sure the Oregon Trail is something she can survive. Jedediah Scott is surprised when a stranger he meets at the general store in Independence offers him his daughter—more than offers, in fact. The man agrees to give Jed the amount of money it would cost to take her west, if he would consent to marry her. Jed agrees to meet the girl, because as a minister, he strongly believes in providence. Upon seeing Hannah, he feels drawn to her and wants her as his wife. God must surely have a hand in their meeting. Will the two of them be able to see past the circumstances in which their marriage began? Or will life on the Oregon Trail break the fragile connection Jed is sure could blossom into love?
I really liked this sweet story. When Hannah’s stepfather decided that she needed to move out, it was a shock. The fact he picked her husband and said she must marry him or someone else in a few days, even more. Hannah and Jed joined a wagon train heading for Oregon and this is their story. I am going to see if there is a follow up to this one. There is a series of 10 books oh my. Adding to my list. This is one of my favorite genres and was glad it was a good read. I received a copy through StoryOrigin but this did not affect my honest review
'Me gusta la forma en que te ves cuando tienes una sonrisa genuina en tu rostro. Todo tu rostro se ilumina desde dentro.'
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Hannah's hanky de Kirsten Osbourne serie Clover Creek Caravan libro 1
Argumento:
Después de la pérdida de su padre dos años antes, Hannah Moseby ha soportado el resentimiento de su padrastro para ayudar a su madre a superar su nuevo matrimonio.
Cuando su padrastro le dice que ha arreglado un matrimonio para ella con un predicador que se va al oeste, y que ella puede casarse con el predicador o puede encontrar otro lugar para vivir, acepta conocer al hombre. Ella no encaja naturalmente como esposa de un predicador, y no está segura de que Oregon Trail sea algo a lo que pueda sobrevivir.
Jedediah Scott se sorprende cuando un extraño que conoce en la tienda general de Independence le ofrece a su hija, más que ofertas, de hecho.
El hombre accede a darle a Jed la cantidad de dinero que le costaría llevarla al oeste, si consintiera en casarse con ella. Jed acepta conocer a la chica porque, como ministro, cree firmemente en la providencia. Al ver a Hannah, se siente atraído por ella y la quiere como esposa. Seguramente Dios debe tener una mano en su reunión.
¿Podrán los dos ver más allá de las circunstancias en las que comenzó su matrimonio? ¿O la vida en Oregon Trail romperá la frágil conexión que Jed está seguro de que podría convertirse en amor?
Mi humilde opinión:
Este romance corto histórico cuenta la historia de un matrimonio arreglado que inicia un arduo viaje en caravana rumbo a Oregon. Hannah viene de una familia acomodada y Jed es un predicador que va a Oregon en busca de tierra propia.
El padrastro de Hannah fue horrible, no podía creer que prácticamente la vendió a alguien que conoció en un almacén! Por suerte el hombre que encontró era Jed, un buen hombre que iba a tratar bien a Hannah y no callaría su voz. Me gustó lo dulce y comprensivo que fue él con ella. A pesar de que la mujer en ese tiempo tenía que obedecer a su esposo, Jed estaba bien con que su esposa tuviera mente propia. Me encantó que trabajaran como un equipo y se apoyaran mientras se iban conociendo.
Hannah era un personaje agradable, yo creí que iba a ser quejica pero no. Entabló amistad y ayudó a la gente de la caravana. Se adaptó a las actividades cotidianas como cocinar ella misma, aprender a cazar y otras cosas que nunca haría porque venía de una vida fácil. Me gustaba la actitud de la heroína, a pesar de que no todo era fácil y al principio no tenía intención de casarse, no se rendía y le dio una oportunidad a su nuevo matrimonio y llevarse bien con su nuevo esposo.
En cuanto a la dinámica de la pareja, la facilidad entre ellos era linda y en un modo inocente porque ambos no tenían experiencia. Hannah no era una belleza y fue dulce la forma en que Jed le explica que para él lo es.
Me gustaron también los pasajes de los diarios de ambos durante el viaje, eso me ayudó a conocer más los sentimientos de cada uno mientras viajaban y me hubiera gustado leer más de eso.
Puede parecer simple la historia ya que no tiene un conflicto fuerte pero me mantuvo leyendo interesada en las luchas diarias que enfrentaban juntos para continuar día a día en el duro camino, al igual que las otras familias de los vagones.
Me quedé muy confundida con el final abrupto. Hannah y Jed solo iban a tres semanas de viaje ni siquiera cerca de llegar a destino y simplemente el libro se termina cuando confiesan su amor y siguen motivándose para llegar al final del viaje.
Seguramente seguirán camino en el siguiente librito pero la verdad ese final me dejó buscando más páginas!
En resumen, la lectura fue corta y agradable con un romance del oeste dulce, aventura y algo de drama.
Hannah's Hanky (Clover Creek Caravan #1) by Kirsten Osbourne
Set in the mid-1800s while wagon trains were still heading west, Hannah’s Hanky tells the story of an arranged marriage to the wagon train’s preacher (Jed) and Hannah, the step-daughter of the not very nice Mr Gaitlin.
Hannah has only remained at her family home to help her mother endure her marriage to Hannah’s stepfather. One day Mr Gaitlin (stepfather) arrives home and announces that he has arranged a marriage for Hannah tomorrow and if she doesn’t want to be married she is welcome to leave the house at her earliest convenience. After this ultimatum, Hannah agrees to meet the man, marrying him if she wants to. Jed and Hannah meet, agree to marry and so begins their life together on the Oregon Trail.
Hannah strikes up a friendship with twenty-three-year-old single Mary. Mary can outshoot any man she knows and is only on the rail because her mother needs help with Mary’s siblings the eldest of which is nearly ten years younger than may.
Hannah’s Hanky ends abruptly in my opinion just three weeks into a six-month journey. The story is readable and enjoyable, however, there is far too much simplistic conversation for my liking. Passages similar to: ‘…It will be another long hard day tomorrow…’ ‘Yes, they will all be long hard days on the Trail…’ I quickly tired of reading the words 'long hard days'. This phrase could/should have been tightened up. Once or twice in a chapter would have been enough and not four or five times in consecutive lines.
In one chapter there was a report of a five-year-old who had shot himself in the foot. Several pages later the same report came through. I was thinking he had been shot in the other foot until I read a Goodreads review pointing out the error in writing or editing. I couldn’t be bothered going back, to find the first reported shooting.
I rated Hannah’s Hanky as a three-star read, at best.
At the time of writing my review other Goodreads readers had awarded Hannah’s Hanky an average of 4.21 stars, from 728 ratings and 42 reviews.
It all started in 1852 an era of books I really enjoy. A young woman's new step-father arranged for her to be married. Her mother remarried two years after the loss of her father. The step-father said she had to move out, so arranged for her to marry a pastor, whom was astranger to her. The step father actually paid him to take her to the Northwest of the country. She has to learn to live on a wagon trail as they journey to their new home. For me, I found it hard to put the book down each night.
I loved this book ,the way Hannah found her husband was a eye opener of how far we have come as Women. Her love for adventure, and positive attitude of her situation is in incredible. Her set backs and reality sets in as a the travel on the Oregon trail takes off. A new marriage to a man she just met... I do wish the story lasted longer. But I just downloaded the book after it . So maybe it continues.
This is a very heart warming story...a story of growing up!! This is Hannah and Jed's story and follows them as they are married, after Hannah's step father arranges the marriage, and then travel to Oregon. Along the way, Hannah who has led a somewhat sheltered and pampered life is forced to meet real life head on. As the couple travel together on the trail and meet the day to day trial's head on, their relationship matures and grows. I really enjoyed this story and highly recommend it.
I would give this book a 3.7 overall. Again, this is new author for me. I must read another before I can make a true judgement. The story is a simple one. The hero/heroine are likable, although they are both immature at times. There is an overall religious theme being used throughout, but it does not become "preachy." The title is misleading. Her "hanky," presented to her by her mother is only mentioned one other time in the book. I thought it should have appeared often to earn its place in the title. One thing that bothered me was the book stops before they reach Oregon territory. I get the idea that there other tales to be told in the series, but I felt this story was incomplete as it is presented. Personally, I thought the names "Jedediah" for the hero and "Jeremiah" for the young boy were too close in spelling. Sometimes, I would be reading and thinking Jed was the one who had been injured. Also, the name of the captain of the wagon train was spelled as both "Bedwell" and "Bidwell" within the text. Chapter Seven describes Jeremiah shooting himself in the foot twice, once in the narrative and then again as part of the action.
What I liked about this story was how easy it was to read and how it developed the relationship between two strangers. It is always interesting to read something that has some historical input. Learning a little about life in a wagon train on the Oregon Trail was a nice touch.
Hannah is a young woman who finds that her step father basically forced her into a marriage with a Preacher on his way to Oregon. She has no way out as life in the 1800s woman had no say about their lives. They basically were property. So Hannah decides that it cannot be worse than living with her step father so she agrees.
Jed is the Preacher who was given money to marry Hannah. He is one of those men who do not seem to be like most men of that time period. Not sure if there are truly men like that in the 1800s or just the author invention. But I would like to think that there probably were some men who would take the time to get to know a woman, protect her but not oppress her. That was what I liked about Jed, he was patient and honest.
Fun story and really enjoyed it reading how these two strangers became more……
This was a short story about a small group of people on a train of about 22 wagons. Most Trains were much larger. While the story centers on Hannah and Jed, their meeting, marriage, growing to love, the daily trials and challenges of the group are also addressed. Regarding the topics mentioned the author does a good job of conveying relationships, struggles, and daily activities. The story abruptly ends with the train barely having reached the Platte River. From the timetable presented we are led to understand the people have only been on the trail for about three weeks, still a long way from Oregon. Hannah has not written nor received letters from her mother. This ending may have been contrived to make the reader eager to obtain the next book and the journey to Oregon continues in each successive volume. Even if that is the authors plan for the series, this book ended at a strange time and in a most unsatisfying manner.
Hannah's step-father decided it was time that she get married and move out of the house that her mother had brought into their marriage. He met a man at the general store who was buying provisions for a trip on the Oregon Trail that was leaving in two days on its trek across the country. He offered Hannah as a bride to help with cooking and such on the trip. The young man was a pastor and he felt called to go to Oregon to start a church for the settlers and he accepted the offer on the condition that they he bride agree. After meeting Hannah, he asked her to marry him and go with him to Oregon. This begins our book.
I enjoyed reading this book. The author did an excellent job of telling the story. I hope you enjoy it also.
This is an interesting style for a series of books- it’s both a completed story and a single part in the broader tale. While it’s a simple story- a young couple who married without knowing each other starting an adventure together and falling in love- it’s so much more than that. The other characters are shown and glimpses of what’s to come is folded in without taking away from the main couple (Jed and Hannah).
I really liked every character we’ve met so far and I’m looking forward to seeing how they all fair on their journey. I also give the author credit for tipping her cap toward a game that was played (and lost more often than not) by many a kid on the brick computers of yesteryear.
Hannah is a special lady. Raised by loving parents, she has known a life of ease until her father is killed.
Her mother remarries, but the man is not a nice person. He offers Hannah as a wife to a man leaving Independence Mo for Oregon. This book is about their beginning life together as well as trials of the journey west.
It is a quick, easy read with a bit of romance but a lot of “grit” too. Life lessons are never easy and Hannah soon finds this is so.
This is book one of a series, the others I imagine deal with people who are part of the wagon train. May they be as open, loving and compassionate as this one is.
I liked the setting of the Oregon Trail. That was about it. There was a lot of telling in this book. Some of the feelings and reactions (or lack of reaction) of the characters seemed unrealistic. And there was little in the way of plot. I don't know what the point of the story was. The heroine and the hero got along well and started to appreciate each other almost from Day 1, despite the fact that this was an arranged marriage. There was no problem to overcome, other than the fear that they were not doing the right thing by leaving the heroine's family and going West (which didn't really pop up until the 90% mark of the story).
From the moment I opened the first page, I just couldn't put the book down! It has drama, romance and it may even bring a tear to your eye. I would recommend this book for ages 16 and up. Just because it has some sexual details but not too terribly explicit. Still though, I wouldn't want my 10 year old reading those details even if it just a line or two. Over all, this book was Awesome. Off to read the 2nd one in the series, Mary's Musket. :)
Four stars, beautiful story, faith determination, band live.. Hannah was given unto marriage to Jed a pastor going on a wagon train to Oregon.. The hardships were hard on the trail.. But she was determined to overcome.. Her and Jed love grows as time goes on.. My problem with this story it was way too short.. But ending was like it needs to be a sequel
A sweet Christian novella with a sweet story of a woman that was practically sold to her husband by her stepfather. He paid her was to Oregon with the preacher as her husband. Through all their trials and tribulations they came to live each other and learn to be a family.
As always, Kirsten writes a wonderful story, historically accurate and full of real characters. I love how the characters work through their challenges. The construction of the story, dialogue, character development, and editing are superb as always. Can't wait to continue reading this series. FYI light steamy scene between newlyweds.
This is a very nice read about Hannah and Jeb and some of there struggles on the Oregon Trail. The struggle of the walk, just having the energy to have a meal. The struggle of leaving loved ones behind. But yet in all of the struggles Hannah and Jeb found love. Very nice read. I enjoyed it.
The story realistically reveals the hardships of the Oregon Trail through the eyes of a 19 year old bride. Although a domineering step father forced her marriage to a stranger Hannah found acceptance and love with the young minister. She matured from a spoiled rich girl to a compassionate and helpful member of the wagon train.
I love the story. I do wish it was a little longer. Would love to see them make the Journey or they had any kids. It needed an epilogue. It had love, Lost, Point of views, and little love making. I wander if the other books have the couple’s in them So we can see them though they Journey to where they're going.
I thought the characters were quite real! I could picture them struggling through the issues of getting to know each other. The wagon train, hardship, and the challenges that rose. Her marriage to Jed was a given, and she had to learn to love, be a wife and everything that came with it!!!! Great story, I enjoyed this book
Oregon trail story of promise,finding love,hardships and determination. I really enjoyed the beginning of this series and cant wait to read what will happen next. I have some ideas, but I wonder where the author might go with this adventure. Good read.
Very good story. Hannah did not like it trust her step father. She couldn't imagine him choosing a man she would want to marry but the gentle Pastor felt God had brought her to him. There are many hard challenges on the Oregon trail this story follows Hannah and her new husband.
This book is extremely a Christian book. Storyline was good. Being a Christian story is not a problem for me, I enjoy stories like this with a little suspense and drama. This held none.
A well written romance about an arranged marriage turned to love on the Oregon trail. It's pretty wholesome except for one sex scene gets a little steamy. The characters are well developed, and I look forward to the next book in the series. I would recommend this book.
I really enjoyed this book. It moved along without much retrospection (that can get tiresome) but you knew what the characters were thinking and feeling as it went along. Watching love bloom between the Pastor and his wife was a special enjoyment.
This story was very exciting for me to read and enjoy. The characters were truly warm and caring and going through hard work to get to their dream of their future together.
I love how the women stood up for themselves and helped each other on the trail. I hope Hannah's mother will join them in Oregon. Great book on the history of the early settlers.
Kirsten’s main characters are always so strong in spirit and lively. No watered-down simpering milk-toast of a girl for her books. Instead, you meet people who are down to earth. People that might have been your friends or family.
She’s forced to marry the pastor her step dad found. At first it doesn’t seem it will be a match made in heaven but with communication and a shared goal they make a good marriage