I loved this prequel!
Young Ingeborg thinks she is doomed to be an old maid. After losing her love to a tragedy, she accepts life caring for her family in Norway. Her mother, however, sees a future for her in America. While Ingeborg is interested in life in America, she has not money for the voyage. Roald Bjorklund is a young widower who is heading for America, and is willing to marry Ingeborg and take her to America as is wife and new mother to his son.
Young Ingeborg thinks she is doomed to be an old maid. After losing her love to a tragedy, she accepts life caring for her family in Norway. Her mother, however, sees a future for her in America. While Ingeborg is interested in life in America, she has not money for the voyage. Roald Bjorklund is a young widower who is heading for America, and is willing to marry Ingeborg and take her to America as is wife and new mother to his son.
Ingeborg must decide if she is content to stay in Norway with few options, or start a new life in a new land with a man she barely knows.
Readers who have read the other books will enjoy this look at young Ingeborg, the events that shaped her life, and even some of the family members that we meet in later books. The traits the make her uniquely her are developed in this book, and she is as easy to relate to as ever. Like most of Snelling's books, this is rich in historical detail and descriptions of daily life in another time.
The story moves along at a very nice pace, and isn't too predictable - which seems to often be an issue in prequels.
If you have read any of the other novels, don't worry - start with this one and you will fall in love with Ingeborg too :-)
I must mention that I received a complimentary copy of this book from Bethany House in exchange for an honest review.
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