Sandra Dallas has once again written a moving portrait of women surviving the unimaginable through the ties of female friendship. In a novel based on true events, New York Times bestselling author Sandra Dallas delivers the story of four women-seeking the promise of salvation and prosperity in a new land-who come together on a harrowing journey.

True Sisters tells the story of four women whose lives will become inextricably linked as they endure unimaginable hardships, each one testing the boundaries of her faith and learning the true meaning of survival and friendship along the way: Nannie, who is traveling with her sister and brother-in-law after being abandoned on her wedding day Louisa, who's married to an overbearing church leader who she believes speaks for God Jessie, who's traveling with her brothers, each one of them dreaming of the farm they will have in Zion and Anne, who hasn't converted to Mormonism but who has no choice but to follow her husband since he has sold everything to make the trek to Utah. Earlier companies arrive successfully in Salt Lake City, but for the Martin Company the trip proves disastrous. True Sisters is about four women, three of them converts, who are members of the Martin Company. The Martin Handcart Company, a zealous group of emigrants headed for Zion, is the last to leave on this 1,300-mile journey. In 1856, Mormon converts, encouraged by Brigham Young himself, and outfitted with two-wheeled handcarts, set out on foot from Iowa City to Salt Lake City, the promised land. In a novel based on true events, New York Times bestselling author Sandra Dallas delivers the story of four women-seeking the promise of salvation and prosperity in a new land-who come together on a harrowing journey.

True sisters by sandra dallas