The Diary of Mattie Spenser by Sandra Dallas

The Diary of Mattie Spenser by Sandra Dallas

No one is more surprised than Mattie Spenser herself when Luke Spenser, considered the great catch of their small Iowa town, asks her to marry him. Less than a month later, they are off in a covered wagon to build a home on the Colorado frontier. Mattie's only company is a slightly mysterious husband and her private journal, where she records the joys and frustrations not just of frontier life, but also of a new marriage to a handsome but distant stranger. As she and Luke make life together on the harsh and beautiful plains, Mattie learns some bitter truths about her husband and the girl he left behind and finds love where she least expects it. Dramatic and suspenseful, this is an unforgettable story of hardship, friendship and survival.

Jane Smiley of Vogue Magazine deemed award-winning author Sandra Dallas a quintessential American voice. She is the author of several books, including The Bride's Home, Prayers for Sale, and Tallgrass. Her books have been optioned for cinema adaptations and have been translated into a dozen languages. She is a two-time winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award and the Willa Award for Women Writing the West. Dallas worked for Business Week for 25 years as a writer covering the Rocky Mountain region before turning to fiction in 1990. She and her spouse live in Denver, Colorado.