Finding Grace

In 1893, as the western United States opened to settlement, Victorian values still prevailed, yet women were allowed to homestead alone. Amanda Grace Baker, a smart and independent young woman, left her widowed father and siblings in Iowa to start a new life in the Oklahoma Territory. Along the journey, she gains both allies and adversaries, forming lasting friendships with a widow, her two sons, and a handsome cowboy who come to respect her strength and self-reliance.  Grace masters survival skills -- from carpentry and well-digging to hunting and cooking rattlesnake -- and supports herself through bartering and ingenuity. In winter, she nurtures her creative side through painting, sewing, and reading, embracing the promise and possibilities of her new life.