Sarah's Quilt: A Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine and the Arizona Territories, 1906 | 
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I liked this book even more than the first one, which was surprising, since one of my favorite characters didn't survive the first book. I enjoyed the new characters introduced in this sequel and loved their various relationships with the main character. My only problem was that the ending seemed extremely rushed.
"I looked right at his eyes and said, 'Keep going. All I can do. Living is getting knocked down time & again, then standing up time & again, & once more. It's easy to act honorable when things are coming along and all your pastures are green. Plenty difficult when the ground has died & burned & people have connived to take even that from you. I'll sell this place, or I'll lose it. I'll go on. People who don't have hard times aren't living.'"
"By the time I got to the Bakers' place, work was in full swing, and plenty of dust hung in the air. It was good to leave my troubles hanging on the Bakers' front gate and think of nothing but moving cattle. There's strength in the solitude of work. Hot or not, dust and wind and every other torment, hard work is still peace compared to what can worry a person on the inside."
panI fell in love with book 1: These is My Words, but was left disappointed by this sequel. It's so utterly depressing. When will the world stop s***ing on Sarah? Seriously though.
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