Katherine wouldn’t have believed it if she hadn’t found the letter…

Katherine Arthur’s mother arrives on her doorstep, dying, forcing her to relive a past she wanted to forget. When Katherine was young, the Arthur family had been affluent city dwellers until shame sent them running for the prairie, into the unknown. Taking her family, including young Katherine, to live off the land was the last thing Jeanie Arthur had wanted, but she would do her best to make a go of it. For Jeanie’s husband Frank it had been a world of opportunity. Dreaming, lazy Frank. But, it was a society of uncertainty—a domain of natural disasters, temptation, hatred, even death.

Ten-year-old Katherine had loved her mother fiercely, put her trust in her completely, but when there was no other choice, and Jeanie resorted to extreme measures on the prairie to save her family, she tore Katherine’s world apart. Now, seventeen years later, and far from the homestead, Katherine has found the truth – she has discovered the last letter. After years of anger, can Katherine find it in her heart to understand why her mother made the decisions that changed them all? Can she forgive and finally begin to heal before it’s too late?

Independent Publisher Awards:
2011 Gold Medal, Best Regional Fiction–Midwest

USA “Best Books 2011” Awards:
Winner, Fiction–Western
Finalist, Fiction–Historical
Finalist, Best New Fiction

National Indie Excellence Book Awards:
2011 Finalist Award–Historical Fiction
2011 Finalist Award–Regional Fiction

International Book Awards:
2011 Finalist Award–Historical Fiction
2011 Finalist Award–Best New Fiction

“Truly a special book. The author does an amazing job transporting you to Jeanie’s world. It is a book that will stick with you as you get immersed in both the time period as well as the characters. It makes you think… do we truly know our mother’s… who are we to judge their decisions… was my mother doing the best she could considering her circumstances? A beautifully written book that will make you think! And if you let it…grow!”

“This book was really a great read. I was very impressed how well written it really was. I think this author is really going to have a great impression on everyone. Would recommend.”

Kathleen Shoop is an author and educator who has worked with teachers for over twenty years. She writes historical and women’s fiction. Her first novel, The Last Letter (Kindle bestseller), won a Gold Medal in the Independent Publishers Book Awards and her second novel, After the Fog, won Silver the next year. Kathleen has also contributed stories to Chicken Soup for the Soul: Runners, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad, and Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Cat’s Life. Kathleen lives with her husband and two children in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.

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