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Emma Wagner grows restless within the Bethel colony of Missouri, a strict religious community that forbids dissent and limits women to quiet submission. Dying to break from these confines, Emma resents the colony’s increasingly autocratic leader, Wilhelm Keil. When Emma, her husband Christian, and eight men are sent to scout a new site, Christian favors Washington territory, but Keil insists on Oregon. Emma urges her husband to seize the opportunity to leave the colony, risking unforeseen consequences as she searches for refuge for her faith and realizes her own passion could become her greatest asset if she learns to channel it.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: Historical Fiction/19th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Jane Kirkpatrick
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