The Fire and the Ore by Olivia Hawker
Based in part on author Olivia Hawker’s own family history, The Fire and the Ore is the compelling story of three courageous women who were forced to endure great sacrifice during the Utah War. Combining a heartrending narrative with richly detailed historical accuracy, this novel reminded me of both Kristin Hannah’s The Four Winds and Jon Krakauer’s Under the Banner of Heaven.
Drawn together by a man who had secretly embraced polygamy, Tamar, Jane, and Tabitha have little power and few choices within the patriarchal leadership of the Mormon church. All three women need their marriage for reasons of their own, and yet they can’t reconcile themselves to their circumstances.
But when the United States Army marches on Utah Territory, the women and children must retreat into the hostile desert wilderness. The three wives must cooperate if they hope to keep themselves and their children alive—and in the process, each finds a new definition of family, one that unites her with her sister-wives in a bond stronger than the ties of faith and marriage
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