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The Diary of Mattie Spenser
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The Diary of Mattie Spenser

Sandra Dallas

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

No one is more surprised than Mattie Spencer herself when Luke Spencer, considered the great catch in their small Iowa town, asks her to marry him. Less than a month later they set off in a covered wagon to build a home on the Colorado frontier. Mattie’s only company is a slightly mysterious husband and her private journal, where she records the joys and frustrations of frontier life and of marriage to a handsome but distant stranger. As she and Luke make their life together on the beautiful but harsh plains, Mattie learns some bitter truths about her husband and the girl he left behind, and finds love where she least expects it. Sandra Dallas is the author of  Buster Midnight’s Café and The Persian Pickle Club: she lives in Denver, Colorado.

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ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Sandra
Dallas

Sandra Dallas is the New York Times bestselling author of nearly 20 adult novels, several children's novels, and numerous works of nonfiction about Western subjects. Her work has won numerous awards and prizes, including the Colorado Book Award, and, in 2021, she was inducted into the Colorado Authors' Hall of Fame. A former bureau chief for Business Week magazine, Sandra lives in Denver and Georgetown, Colorado.
Sandra Dallas is the New York Times bestselling author of nearly 20 adult novels, several children's novels, and numerous works of nonfiction about Western subjects. Her work has won numerous awards and prizes, including the Colorado Book Award, and, in 2021, she was inducted into the Colorado Authors' Hall of Fame. A former bureau chief for Business Week magazine, Sandra lives in Denver and Georgetown, Colorado.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
United States
Author
Sandra Dallas
Publisher
St Martin’s Griffin
Nominating Library
Denver Public Library - USA

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