I found this book pretty heavy going, but I did enjoy the story, I just had to make myself keep going. The cover is a bit melodramatic, also, with the subtitle: Born a Puritan Raised a Mohawk. It’s 1704, and in the middle of the night, Eunice and her family are awakened by a band of Mohawk Indians who kill some of them and take the others prisoner. After a grueling march to Canada, Eunice is adopted into a Mohawk family who love and cherish her. It’s fascinating to read about what Eunice’s life was like in her Puritan family compared to her new life in the Mohawk family. Over the next couple of years, the Puritans make some effort to get Eunice back, but the decision is up to her, and she decides to stay with the Mohawks. She is a remarkably strong and loyal person, so the decision is difficult for her. Part of my problem with following the story had to do with the names, which are long and sometimes similar, and part of my problem was trying to follow the history and politics of the time. There is a long author’s note at the end that does a lot to clarify things –I recommend that you read that first. Review by Stacy Church
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