Where the broken heart still beats

the story of Cynthia Ann Parker

Having been taken as a child in 1836 and raised by Comanche Indians, thirty-four-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker is forcibly returned to her white relatives, where she longs for her Indian life. Her only friend is her twelve-year-old cousin Lucy. A skillful novel that examines how individual identity is determined by cultural and social structures, and what happens when these are drastically altered. Based on a true story.

Harcourt
2011
9780152956028
book
Lexile: 
1 000

Holdings

437710