Naomi was immediately endeared to me when I read her strength and sass come out of the pages. The two main characters are Naomi, and one of the men guiding them along the trail John Lowry. This story was gripping, emotionally devastating, hopeful, and I sobbed through, pretty much, the last half. Given that it’s the 21st century, and we’re all aware that Native Americans were, in general, treated very poorly by arriving settlers–I feel that Amy Harmon was able to beautifully handle the nuances of how there is bad in everyone, no one people are innocent, and sometimes bad things happen and we can’t control it. What with the dangers of the wilderness, the weather, etc… We’ve also heard how there were often run-ins with some of the Native Americans–both pleasant and not-so-pleasant. Most of us have heard stories of what it was like back then on the Oregon Trail. But she has a large family and is especially close to her mother. Naomi’s a recent widow, who knows hardship. The story is about a young woman named Naomi who is heading west, with her family, in 1853. I knew from the synopsis that there may be some rough parts to this story but I had no.

I picked this up, read the prologue and then immediately started to wonder what I’d gotten myself into. So, I just finished this book last night and I can already tell you that I’m suffering from a massive book hangover. Both will have to make terrible sacrifices to find each other, save each other, and eventually…make peace with who they are. Ripped apart, they can’t turn back, they can’t go on, and they can’t let go.

When a horrific tragedy strikes, decimating Naomi’s family and separating her from John, the promises they made are all they have left. John’s heritage gains them safe passage through hostile territory only to come between them as they seek to build a life together. Even as John and Naomi are drawn to each other, the trials of the journey and their disparate pasts work to keep them apart. On the trail, she forms an instant connection with John Lowry, a half-Pawnee man straddling two worlds and a stranger in both.īut life in a wagon train is fraught with hardship, fear, and death.

Eager to leave her grief behind, she sets off with her family for a life out West. The Overland Trail, 1853: Naomi May never expected to be widowed at twenty. In this epic and haunting love story set on the Oregon Trail, a family and their unlikely protector find their way through peril, uncertainty, and loss. Where the Lost Wander Published by Lake Union Publishing by Amy Harmonįind the Author: Website, Blog, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, Amazon, Instagram, Pinterestįind the Book: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads

Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon