With Native American ancestry in both my family and my husband\u2019s family, I am always interested in reading about them. There have also been quite a few quilters in our families and I have quilted some myself so the entire Quilts of Love<\/em> series has been special. A Sky Without Stars<\/a> combines the two and was both entertaining and informative.<\/p>\n Interestingly enough, the novel took place the year I was born. I was somewhat surprised at the amount of prejudice toward the Native Americans that was still prevalent during that era and also by the contempt so many of them held toward the \u201cwhite God\u201d. A Sky Without Stars<\/a> opened my eyes to how these people were treated \u2013 possibly with good intentions to help improve their lives but with total disregard to their history and culture. No wonder they resisted the gospel!<\/p>\n I enjoyed A Sky Without Stars<\/a> very much. The story was well-written and easy to read with strong characters that I could care about. Situations and emotions throughout the book were realistic and believable. I liked how everything was resolved at the end and would not mind reading more about these characters. I actually hated to see the story end.<\/p>\n This book was provided for review by LitFuse Publicity.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n In 1951, Frankie Chasing Bear is a Lakota caught between cultures. She wants to raise her son Harold to revere his Lakota heritage, but she knows he will need to become as a white man to succeed. After his father\u2019s killed in a barroom brawl, Harold and Frankie move to Arizona, where she begins a Lakota Star pattern quilt for Harold with tribal wisdom sung, sewn and prayed into it.<\/p>\n She distrusts Christians, as her own parents were forced to convert at an Indian School, until she meets BIA agent Nick Vandergriff, a half-Lakota who\u2019s also caught between cultures. Nick must convince Frankie that white men and Christians aren\u2019t all bad as he tries to win her heart in order to put the stars back into her sky.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/divider2.png\" "\\"divider2\\"")
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About Quilts of Love: \u00a0<\/strong>Quilts tell stories of love and loss, hope and faith, tradition and new beginnings. The Quilts of Love series<\/a> focuses on the women who quilted all of these things into their family histories. A new book releases each month and features contemporary and historical romances as well as women’s fiction and the occasional light mystery. You will be drawn into the endearing characters of this series and be touched by their stories.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ASkyWithoutStars.jpg\")
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