"Later, after Elisabeth and Maggie had changed into dry clothes and seen to their scratches and abrasions, they met with Elisabeth's father in the parlor and related all that had happened. The vicar gazed on his only child. He shook his head in disbelief. "I don't know what to say, daughter. I thought I was doing right by persuading you to wed Lord Claverley and rise above your station. Now I stand condemned for having done so."
Within hours of her marriage to Lord Claverley, Elisabeth Ashcroft knows she has made a dreadful mistake. Unfortunately, in mid-nineteenth-century England, dissolving their less-than-sacred union seems all but impossible - even if her new husband is only after Elisabeth's inheritance. But soon the strong-willed vicar's daughter has a chance at a new life far away from her sterile existence in the shadow of Claverly Hall - a chance to be with people who believe as she does. A chance to go to America, to a place called Zion.
But one's future is not always easy to predict, and Elisabeth finds she must create her own journey - one that will lead her away from the center of the Church in Salt Lake City but closer to the gospel and the man who could forever be hers.
What a good book. I could not put this down until I had read it straight through. The main thing that I learned from this book is how faith really is supposed to work. Elisabeth prays about her decisions and then goes forward with what she has planned - believing that it will all work out. Faith is a hard concept for me to grasp and any reinforcement that I receive really helps me understand it better. So I appreciated all that I learned from this book. This story is interesting, and informative and one is able to learn a lot on many different subjects. I hope you will enjoy it too.
