…Advice
Sophia hangs on to so her heart doesn’t completely break. A Russian exile who has traveled the world,
Sophia had high hopes of becoming a woman of great influence as the wife of a
U.S. Congressman in Washington. When
those hopes are rather publically dashed, Sophia hastily joins a missionary
society in hopes of being sent to China, from where she might one day make her
way back to Russia.
Sophia ends
up at the Ponca Agency in the middle of Dakota Territory. It does not take her long to understand how
deprived the Ponca Tribe is. As the only
teacher who has stuck around for more than a couple of months, she comes to
love her students and learn that she is a woman of influence no matter where
she is.
The story is
very good, though some of the characters tended to be a bit stereotypical. And even kind of knowing what would
eventually happen with the Tribe, I wanted to keep reading. Having never heard of the Ponca Tribe, it was
interesting to know that one of the main Ponca characters was an actual
historical figure. The tribe was treated
horribly by the United States government.
Sophia learns through her time at the Agency that she has to “ignore the
rushing water”, there are so many problems to face that trying to take them all
on at once will drown you. But if you
focus on what you can fix, those you can help, then you will make it through
the rushing water helping others along the way.
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I received this
book free of charge from BookSneeze in exchange for an honest review.
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