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    A Name of Her Own
    A Name of Her Own
    A Name of Her Own
    Audiobook13 hours

    A Name of Her Own

    Written by Jane Kirkpatrick

    Narrated by Stephanie Brush

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    During the furtrapping era of the early 1800's, Marie Dorion refuses to be left behind in St. Louis when her husband heads West. Faced with hostile landscapes, an untried expedition leader, and her volatile husband, Marie finds that the daring act she hoped would bring her family together may, in the end, tear them apart. History records that on the journey, Marie may have briefly met Sacajawea, the famous interpreter who accompanied Lewis and Clark. She too was married to a mixedblood man of French Canadian and Native American descent, and was raising a son in a white world. In this imaginative retelling the two women forge a friendship that will uphold Marie long after they part, even as she fights for her children's very survival. Her story reminds us that women are bound together in history, now and forever.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks in Motion
    Release dateMay 15, 2003
    ISBN9781581166873
    A Name of Her Own
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    Jane Kirkpatrick

    Jane Kirkpatrick is the author of twenty books and is a two-time winner of the WILLA Literary Award. Her first novel, A Sweetness to the Soul, won the Western Heritage Wrangler Award, an honor given to writers such as Barbara Kingsolver and Larry McMurtry. For twenty-six years she "homesteaded" with her husband Jerry on a remote ranch in Eastern Oregon.  She now lives with Jerry, and her two dogs and one cat on small acreage in Central Oregon while she savors the value of friendship over fame.

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    • 5/5
      This is so good! I traveled side by side with Marie. The historical piece felt so alive’
    • 3/5
      This historical fiction is a fictionalized account of the journey of Marie Dorion, the first mother to cross the Rockies and stay in the northwest. She was part of the Wilson Hunt expedition in 1811. I read some historical fiction but not lots. Although I find the stories interesting, I also find I'm a bit disappointed in the telling of the stories. I'm afraid that was the case with this one.This telling is pretty straightforward, nothing fancy or especially lyrical about it. It's pretty typical of old-fashioned historical fiction. Marie's husband was half French Canadian and half Native American, and a good interpreter. Unfortunately, he wasn't much of a husband. This story does tell of how so many women of the time were regarded as nothing but property.I did have trouble keeping up with where Marie was in her travels, but that didn't bother me much. What did bother me is that the book is too long for the story it is telling, and I got bored. The name of her own part, while I understand what that was trying to convey, didn't really come across as it should. I doubt I'll read more in this series.
    • 5/5
      Been on my list a long time and I finally got around to reading it, just to put it aside shortly after I started. I'm glad I picked it back up to finish. Loved the story, perspective and the details. Will DEFIANTLY read more of Jane Kirkpatrick's books.
    • 3/5
      A slow read.Although this novel has been highly acclaimed by other readers, I found it a slow read. The sections where Marie interracted with other characters on a personal level flowed well, but I got bogged down in the minutiae of the general day to day survival.Marie was based on Marie Dorion who travelled with an investigatory expedition from St. Louis to Astoria in Oregon. She accompanied her interpreter husband with two young sons, across thousands of miles of inhospitable terrain and we are with her for every gruelling mile. Whilst I am sure Jane Kirkpatrick has done thorough research, this felt like a history lesson and failed to capture my imagination.I have the second volume, Every Fixed Star, waiting to follow on, but I am seriously considering giving it a miss.
    • 5/5
      A very likely choice for my 2010 book of the year. Jane Kirkpatrick sat next to me at a Oregon Women for Ag dinner. Afterward I was able to buy a couple of books and have her sign them. Sacajawea was one of my childhood hero’s and the heroine in this book share a very similar story. The book is about Marie an Indian woman who insists on taking her children and going with her French-Indian husband to Oregon Territory with the Aster Party. The Aster Party were the second party to successfully make the journey overland to Oregon, and they founded the city of Astoria. But they were badly managed and suffered many tragedies. Marie Dorion is a founding mother of Oregon, and this story is well researched and historically sound, but told as if you were watching it all unfold.