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This is my review of "The Daughters Walk," by Jane Kirkpatrick. This book was about the relationships in the daughters life and everything that happened because of "the walk" she and her mother chose to take. My review for this book only got 3... [Read on]
An interesting look at life through the eyes of women from 1896-1942. This was an interesting story from history that few have probably ever heard of and one that I had certainly never heard. In 1896 a mother accepted a wager from the fashion... [Read on]
The Daughter's Walk by Jane Kirkpatrick is the story of Clara Estby, nineteen-years-old, and her mother, Helga. They set off on an adventure from Spokane, Washington, to New York in 1896. The problem with this adventure is they are on foot and it... [Read on]
The Daughter's Walk by Jane Kirkpatrick is about a young Norwegian American woman, Clara, and her mother, Helga, who walked from Spokane, Washington, to New York City in order to earn money to save the family farm that was threatened with... [Read on]
Jane Kirkpatrick's book, The Daughter's Walk sounded very intriguing. I was very curious to read about a fictionalized historical event. The conflict in the book involves a woman's decision to walk from Spokane, Washington to New York City to... [Read on]
Jane Kirkpatrick never disappoints. Once again, in The Daughter’s Walk, she has brought to the page the story of strong women during a time in our country’s history that found many families struggling to maintain their family’s income and home... [Read on]
What a fantastic book! The Daughter's Walk is about about a young woman, Clara, who is forced by her mother, a suffragette, to walk across the nation by a specific deadline. The two women would be paid for advertising a new style of dress, in... [Read on]
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the journey did not end well at all. Clara became sick for two days and then sprained an ankle which eventually made them 2 weeks late getting to New York City and they did not get the $10,000 that the... [Read on]
A Daughters Walk Jane Kirkpatrick Water Brook Press April 2011 It's 1896 when Clara Estby and her mother, Helga begin their journey on foot from Spokane,Washington to New York City. Having been promised a large sum of money from the fashion... [Read on]
The Daughter’s Walk is based on a true story of a 3,500 mile walk that Helga and Clara Estby took from Spokane, Washington to New York city to try to save their family farm, which turned into a 7,000 mile walk by the time they had walked home.... [Read on]