1. All Together in One Place
Mazy Bacon expects a settled Wisconsin life until her husband sells their home and announces that they are joining the 1852 migration west. On the Oregon Trail, she and eleven other women are forced into responsibility when illness and death dismantle the assumptions on which their…
2. No Eye Can See
Blind and widowed Suzanne Cullver reaches Shasta City with women who survived the Oregon Trail, but her determination to manage without assistance begins to endanger both herself and her children. Ruth, Mazy and Tipton are equally constrained by old betrayals and by the fear that dependence…
3. What Once We Loved
Ruth Martin’s plan for an independent life in southern Oregon is shattered when Mazy’s failure to act contributes to tragedy. As Ruth begins again, Mazy, Tipton and Suzanne confront their own damaged marriages, expectations and habits of self-protection. The trilogy closes with women moving into new…