A Lantern in Her Hand (Deal Family #1)

Reader reviewed by booklover2314

I absolutely love this book! It is a great story. I would really recommend it to anyone who likes stories about good and bad times, or to those who just want a good read. I am going to read the sequil to this book called, "A White Bird Flying" It is about Abbie's granddaughter Laura. Hope it is as good as the first one!!

Reader reviewed by joanne

This book made me cry. This book takes you along the personal journey of Abbie; through her childhood, young womanhood, marriage, her children, the death of her beloved husband. The way she goes through it all, with a cheerful heart, is just strengthening. I loved this book...anyone who loves romance and historical fiction, this is the book for you. By the end of the book, I was sobbing; this book is simply a touching story.

Reader reviewed by chelsea

ok this was a great book! I laughed and cried with Abbie Deal. this showed her life and hardships. even though i was asigned to read this book, i woul strongly recommend it to anyone! luv it! oh my gosh it was so detailed! i don'think i could have written a book better! I'm serious! well,Abbie Deal,an unforgettable pioneer woman of Nebraska, finds rewards in her later years for all the hardships she faced.Her struggles and determination in establishing a home on the barren prairie for her children and grandchildren had payed off. It's one of the most outstanding novels I've read.

Reader reviewed by Bookworm9

"A Lantern in Her Hand" is the epic story of Abbie Deal, told from the time she is eight years old to her death as an old woman. After marrying her childhood sweetheart when he returns from the Civil War, Abbie puts her dreams of being an artist and singer on hold in order to follow Will to Nebraska to build a new life on the prairie. From motherhood to widowhood, bitter disappointments and small miracles, new houses and new grandchildren, Abbie never loses her love for beauty. When her old dreams are never realized, she is disappointed and yet forges on with a pioneer spirit that makes it apparent that there are things that equal individual dreams. Though old-fashioned, this is nevertheless a portrayal of a strong woman who is extraordinary in her very ordinariness.