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Sunny Gale Reviewed by Bee Lindy of Bookpleasures.com
- By Bee Lindy
- Published September 5, 2024
- Historical Fiction
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View all articles by Bee LindyAuthor: Jamie Lisa Forbes
Publisher: Pronghorn Press
ISBN: 978-1-941052-72-3
“In those visions, she saw Zephira running with them, galloping in long strides, her hoofprints behind theirs in the snow.”
If you asked me what I
look for in a historical fiction book, 'Sunny Gale,' would be my
answer. This novel contains multitudes in the form of lush
atmosphere, beautiful historical detail and strong characters that
leave the reader feeling as though they have just met a new friend.
'Sunny Gale,' is about a girl named Hannah and a promise that she makes to herself as a young woman. The setting is Nebraska and the year is 1895. Hannah Brandt's attempts to tame a wild horse that she named Zephira and ends in a short, sharp gunshot from the rifle of her step-father. The horse falls, and Hannah is forever changed by this moment.
Though many young girls might take this as a sign to lose hope, Hannah only uses it to build strength and add fire to her dream to learn to ride a horse. Fate puts a local young man named Luke Mangum into her path, and though their relationship begins with Luke teaching Hannah how to ride a horse, it continues down a romantic pathway until the two end up married.
But Luke and Hannah's marriage is not a happy one. Though they eventually have a child together, Luke wishes for Hannah to stay home and become a traditional mother, while all Hannah can think about is riding horses. Hannah begins riding at the rodeo, and what starts out as a way to earn money grows into a full-time career and love of her life. Hannah must decide if she loves her personal or professional life more during a time when women were not expected to have both.
'Sunny Gale' is a stunning, 5-star novel about love, womanhood and sacrifice against the backdrop of the rodeo.
About Jamie Lisa Forbes
Award winning author, Jamie Lisa Forbes was raised on a ranch in the Little Laramie Valley near Laramie, Wyoming. She attended the University of Colorado where she obtained degrees in English and philosophy. After fourteen months living in Israel, she returned to her family’s ranch where she lived for another fifteen years.
In 1994, she moved to Greensboro, North Carolina. In 2001, she graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law and began her North Carolina law practice.
Her first novel, Unbroken, won the WILLA Literary Award for Contemporary Fiction in 2011. Her collection of short stories, The Widow Smalls and Other Stories, won the High Plains Book Awards for a short story collection in 2015.
Her novel about life in rural North Carolina entitled Eden was published in 2020.
Ms. Forbes continues to live—and write—in North Carolina. You can learn more about Jamie and her novels at https://www.jamielisaforbes.com/