Nancy Turner burst onto the literary scene with her hugely popular novels These Is My Words, Sarah’s Quilt, and The Star Garden. Now, Turner has written the novel she was born to write, this exciting and heartfelt story of a woman struggling to find herself during the tumultuous years preceding the American Revolution. The year is 1729, and Resolute Talbot and her siblings are captured by … are captured by pirates, taken from their family in Jamaica, and brought to the New World. Resolute and her sister are sold into slavery in colonial New England and taught the trade of spinning and weaving. When Resolute finds herself alone in Lexington, Massachusetts, she struggles to find her way in a society that is quick to judge a young woman without a family. As the seeds of rebellion against England grow, Resolute is torn between following the rules and breaking free. Resolute’s talent at the loom places her at the center of an incredible web of secrecy that helped drive the American Revolution. Heart-wrenching, brilliantly written, and packed to the brim with adventure, My Name is Resolute is destined to be an instant classic.
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I learned so much about why America needed to separate from England. Nancy Turner is a superb writer.
Loved it
A great read about the trial and tribulations of early Americans before the Revolutionary War.
Wonderful prose and a very interesting story line. Would love to read more from this author.
I really like historical fiction, and I found it very interesting to have a view of what life would have been like in the colonies before the war for our independence.
Wonderful historic novel!
Great historical detail and wonderful strong female characters. I’ve recommended it to several friends.
Ties fiction with history
Wonderful story! Could not put it down.Great characters would very much recommend this book,
I loved this book. I had never read Nancy Turner’s work before. What a great story teller. The main character Resolute, lived a life that is not far fetched, considering that time in history. It was very realistic. There is never a dull moment in this book. A must read if you enjoy historical fiction.
In some ways this felt like a number of different books, within a book. As Resolute moves through very different environments, through no choice of her own, you briefly spend time on a Jamaican plantation and suddenly it becomes a pirate story, as well as one of the transport of slaves by ship. Then you endure the hard-scrabble life of an indentured servant on on a meager farmstead, followed by capture by Indians and a trek through the wilderness. Then years are spent in a Papist, French orphanage, before we get to to Lexington, Massachusetts and the beginning of Resolute’s adult life, which comprises a significant portion of the novel and takes us through the through the Revolutionary War. The author provides such detail to each section, that they seem like they could spin off into another novel. I enjoyed every part and each character encountered.
The underlying background of the American Revolution and the fight for living.
An awesome book that keeps your interest. Written in the language of the era.
The beginning of the book is not what you’d expect the ending to be like. Curiosity about what happens next will keep you reading until you find yourself “hooked” on finishing the book, only then to realize you may find yourself wishing that the story continued.
What I enjoyed about the book: Lots of adventures for Ressie (Resolute) and her sister and brother and then with her husband, family and Patriot associates. Good times and bad. There were even cameo appearences from Paul Revere and John Hancock. This book reminded me of the difficulties the settelers and rebels of our country endured. Amazing. I also liked that any sex was not explicit. What I didn’t like: Some experiences seemed unbelievable.
Long story about a courageous and pleasantly flawed woman amidst interesting characters, surprising situations, and fascination naming times,
Full of historical detail well written as are all of Nancy E. Turner‘s books. Highly recommend all of her books but this book is my favorite.