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A debut YA American epic and historical adventure from Melissa Ostrom about striking out for your own destiny. She's not the girl everyone expects her to be.Harriet Winter is the eldest daughter in a farming family in New Hampshire, 1807. She is expected to help with her younger sisters. To pitch in with the cooking and cleaning. And to marry her neighbor, the farmer Daniel Long. Harriet's mother sees Daniel as a good match, but Harriet doesn't want someone else to choose her path -- in love or in life. When Harriet's brother decides to strike out for the Genesee Valley in Western New York, Harriet decides to go with him -- disguised as a boy. Their journey includes sickness, uninvited strangers, and difficult emotional terrain as Harriet sees more of the world, realizes what she wants, and accepts who she's loved all along.
About the Author
Melissa Ostrom teaches English at Genesee Community College in Batavia, New York. Her short fiction has appeared in The Florida Review, Quarter After Eight, The Baltimore Review, and Passages North, among other literary journals. The Beloved Wild (Macmillan, March 2018) is her YA debut. Her second novel, tentatively entitled The Unleaving, is forthcoming from Macmillan in 2019. She lives with her family in Holley, New York.Visit her online at melissaostrom.com. Follow her on Twitter: @melostrom