My Name Is Resolute: A Novel by the Author of Sarah's Quilt

By Nancy E. Turner

Book Overview

One of Book Riot 's top 100 Must-Read Books of American Historical Fiction Nancy Turner burst onto the literary scene with her hugely popular novels These Is My Words, Sarah's Quilt, and The Star Garden. Now, Turner has written the novel she was born to write, this exciting and heartfelt story of a woman struggling to find herself during the tumultuous years preceding the American Revolution. The year is 1729, and Resolute Talbot and her siblings are captured by pirates, taken from their family in Jamaica, and brought to the New World. Resolute and her sister are sold into slavery in colonial New England and taught the trade of spinning and weaving. When Resolute finds herself alone in Lexington, Massachusetts, she struggles to find her way in a society that is quick to judge a young woman without a family. As the seeds of rebellion against England grow, Resolute is torn between following the rules and breaking free. Resolute's talent at the loom places her at the center of an incredible web of secrecy that helped drive the American Revolution. Heart-wrenching, brilliantly written, and packed to the brim with adventure, My Name is Resolute is destined to be an instant classic.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250036593
• ISBN13: 9781250036599
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 593 Pages
• Weight: 1.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Couldn't Put It Down

This is another great testament to the unsung great women in historical events of our country's formation.

Fantastic Boon

I always fly through this book. So good. Such a page turner

My Name Is Resolute

Nancy Turner has written several 5 star books in my opinion, but she missed the mark in this book. She could have written a series of books by taking each plot and giving it a title of its own instead of cramming an unbelievable amount of adventures for one person into one book. Way too much trauma in one book for one character's lifetime.

Fantastic historical fiction

I couldn't put this book down, and as soon as I finished I handed it off to my sister who then gave it to my mom. All of us loved it!