This Family of Women

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Contemporary 35-year-old book thrills, entertains submitted by unknown on June 23, 2018, 1:03pm The story begins in 1850 and stretches to WWII. Women star on every page, failing, succeeding, loving. Set mostly in San Francisco, but with forays to England and France, cowboys and Indians fill these pages, along with homesteading, the Gold Rush, earthquakes, fire, and lost love. Spanning the Civil War, Spanish American War, Korean War, WWI, soldiers, privation and love endure all the way to WWII. Each section is narrated by a woman from the next generation of one family, with the exception of the last section, narrated by one of the sole survivors of the family. Deals with a pioneer girl captured and kept as a wife by Apache and Mohave Indians, domestic abuse, rape, class, marriage, work and struggling to provide for a family, abandoned wives and families, war and much more. The strong women in these generations -- including an actress who becomes a very powerful secret mistress to King George -- fight, love, work, mourn, and get on with it. Excellent book for today's generation, of any age.