Winner of the North American Book Award for Best Historical Fiction“An elegiac, hopeful historical novel… hypnotic.” -Kirkus Reviews “An extraordinary new historical novel.” -Akron Beacon JournalOn a humid day in June 1806, on the edge of Ohio’s Great Black Swamp, seventeen-year-old Susanna Quiner watches from behind a maple tree as a band of Potawatomi Indians kidnaps her four older sisters … her four older sisters from their cabin. With both her parents dead from Swamp Fever and all the other settlers out in their fields, Susanna makes the rash decision to pursue them herself. What follows is a young woman’s quest to find her sisters, and the parallel story of her sisters’ new lives.
Over the course of one summer, the lives of all five women are transformed as they contend with starvation, slavery, betrayal, and love. Fast-paced, richly detailed, this is a riveting novel that demonstrates the true wildness of the wilderness, and the rugged perseverance of those who find themselves there.
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A well written, fast paced and realistic account of life in northwestern Ohio in the early 1800’s. I enjoyed seeing my native state through the eyes of the early settlers. The account was vivid and I suspect very authentic, and the characters were varied and memorable.
Not like anything else I’ve read, Thieving Forest took me back to Northwestern Ohio in a time of Settlers & Indians. I learned a lot about life in those difficult times. There were a lot of ups & downs for the characters, but it was quite a tale. The characters all grew from their experiences.
wow and wow!!!! These young women are amazing. Can’t wait to read the next one.
Very interesting historical book about a specific geographical place in American history. You follow 3 sisters through their trials and interaction with Native Americans as another sister seeks their release from captivity. You learn along with her about the people that help her along her way and about her sisters, too.
I thought this book had a decent realistic portrayal of some peoples during the time period, their hardships and trials. I could envision the story in my head based on the description of places people and events. I became vested in the lives of the characters.
Interesting insight to frontier life in Ohio and the native Americans of that area. It was a page-turner.
I grew up in Ohio, so I was interested to read about the terrain and Native American tribes.
I loved this book. It has a lot of character detail-which I really like. Amazing adventures.
This book was one of the best I have read for a long time. There was so much detail, and depth but easy to follow. It held my interest to the last page. I recommend if You are looking for a good entertaining read. I only hope she will continue on with the story line and the same characters.
Conway weaves a fascinating tale that has literary merit…so refreshing to read prose of this caliber. I very much enjoyed this novel.
I would have given this book five stars because it was so interesting and well written, until the ending, which completely cheapened the book and ruined the experience, Bad judgment call!
An outstanding read. I was thoroughly engrossed in this book from beginning to end.
Wow what a story.. It is definitely a page turner . The characters are so interesting. I will follow this author.
For those of you who enjoy American historical fiction do not miss this book. The depth of the main characters was outstanding especially Susanna as she discovers courage she did not even she had while searching for her sisters. After the death of their parents five sisters have to contend with many hardships from slavery, starvation, etc. but …
This book was a read-to-me book. I constantly fell asleep even though I found it interesting. Seemed extremely detailed and descriptive. Might of done better if I read it myself.
The author went with the current craze of writing in present tense, apparently trying to appeal to the YA market. I find this very annoying and could not finish the book.
could things like this really happen
Excellent read.
The characters were interesting and original. The story was exciting and very informative about different American Indian tribes. It appeared to be Veela researched and beautifully written.
This is an odd story set in colonialAmerica
A bit slow and plodding, but overall an interesting story. There was a little too much surperfluous description of things like cloud formations and wet dank forests for me. The author did a good job depicting the multidimensional nature of the native American characters in the story. I would have liked the story to continue just a little longer to …