Author Nancy E. Turner is back with her latest, Light
Changes Everything. I so enjoyed her Sarah Prine series: These Is My Words: The
Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901; Sarah's Quilt, and The Star Garden. The
protagonist in the new book is Sarah’s niece, Mary Pearl.
Mary Pearl and her sister Esther live not far from
Aunt Sarah Prine’s ranch in the Arizona Territory. In the summer of 1907, the
nieces are reading banned Jane Austen novels from Aunt Sarah’s library, and
they are dreaming of marrying a rich suitor to make their lives complete.
Fast forward to reality: Esther is dead and buried,
and Mary Pearl has been proposed to by rich lawyer Aubrey Hanna. Mary Pearl has
enough of Sarah Prine in her to want to go her own way, that way being to attend
Wheaton College in Chicago, where she will study art and photography. She considers
herself engaged to Aubrey, but he is going to have to wait for her to finish
school.
At Wheaton, Mary Pearl
learns how to draw and take photographs, but she also learns how to act and
dress like a lady. She makes a life-long friend in Prairie Longmore, a rich
young woman who shares Mary Pearl’s passion for horses.
In a turn of events,
Mary Pearl finds herself jilted by Aubrey so he can marry her sister Rachel.
Things go downhill from that point with Mary Pearl facing one hurdle after
another including a personal life-changing event and a close call when attempting
to rescue her two younger brothers from kidnappers.
In the face of adversity,
Mary Pearl accepts taking her licks and moving on…but will she have to? Will
she find her own Mr. Right or is she destined to face the world on her own?
Nancy E. Turner is a Texan living in Arizona, that
state about which she has often written. She has a degree in Fine Arts from the
University of Arizona with a triple major in creative writing, music, and
studio art. It is good to see her back with a book that includes Sarah Prine as
one of the characters as she unveils a new main character in Mary Pearl Prine.
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