Jason Bourne, scoot over. That this book is based on true events is more than a little chilling. Not the life for me! This story has you questioning your own values, and what you would do--or wouldn't--for your country, and which rules you would break to stay true to yourself or those you love. Quite intriguing.
Heartland reads like a novel but delivers like a textbook. You may start out thinking you know a thing or two about the folks in "flyover country" as our breadbasket has been uncharitably christened, but Sarah Smarsh will disavow you of your notions in no uncertain terms. You'll find yourself wondering if you could cut it the way those people do, and if you're honest, realize probably not. Strong, ignored, maligned but proud, these are the people who keep us fed and can cobble anything out of nothing. Interwoven with this caste revelation is Sarah's own personal story of struggle and triumph.
A great education and a must-read.
Take a ride through the dusty and unforgiving Old West. Your guide will be Captain Kidd (apparently cast as the main character in the film). Get ready for some global education, a mystery, and a peek into the dog-eat-dog world of the time. Mr. Kidd is commissioned to transport a young girl to her relatives after having lived with her family's assassins, a Kiowa tribe, for several years. Interesting, moving, exciting. It'll be a great movie, too. But what movie with Tom isn't?
