Rush of Shadows
RUSH OF SHADOWS is an epic of greed and violence set in the American West of the 1850’s and 1860’s.
A vividly imagined historical drama of racial tension on America’s last frontier….Newlywed Mellie Pickett…develops a friendship with a healer woman she calls Bahe…..Bell’s richly textured, well-researched narrative…captures the settlers’ varied attitudes toward Native Americans, as well as the uncertainty and indiscriminate tragedy of frontier life…. From its first line – “It was a beautiful country, though I hated and feared it” – Bell’s is a nuanced, intelligently crafted debut. This complex, confident novel introduces a promising new voice in historical fiction. – Kirkus Reviews
There are some books that you just tear through at a rapid pace, not caring about the writing because you have to know what happens, and you have to know right now. Then there are books that are so beautiful that you want to draw out the reading experience as long as possible. You only read a chapter or two at a time because you want to enjoy it for as long as you can. This is the latter kind of book….More than any other book I’ve read, “Rush of Shadows” allows me to imagine what life was like for the early settlers. This is a gorgeous story, beautifully told.
– San Francisco Book Review
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Catherine Bell
RUSH OF SHADOWS is a story of the epic greed and violence of the 1850’s and 60’s in the American West.
A vividly imagined historical drama of racial tension on America’s last frontier….Newlywed Mellie Pickett…develops a friendship with a healer woman she calls Bahe…..Bell’s richly textured, well-researched narrative…captures the settlers’ varied attitudes toward Native Americans, as well as the uncertainty and indiscriminate tragedy of frontier life…. From its first line – “It was a beautiful country, though I hated and feared it” – Bell’s is a nuanced, intelligently crafted debut. This complex, confident novel introduces a promising new voice in historical fiction. – Kirkus Reviews
There are some books that you just tear through at a rapid pace, not caring about the writing because you have to know what happens, and you have to know right now. Then there are books that are so beautiful that you want to draw out the reading experience as long as possible. You only read a chapter or two at a time because you want to enjoy it for as long as you can. This is the latter kind of book….More than any other book I’ve read, “Rush of Shadows” allows me to imagine what life was like for the early settlers. This is a gorgeous story, beautifully told.
– San Francisco Book Review