Through Rushing Water: Booksneeze Review

Catherine Richmond's Through Rushing Water was a wonderful book. I struggled to stop reading before going to sleep and, when it was done, I wanted to start it all over again!

The story centers on Sophia Makinoff, a teacher at a prim New York school for girls, who gets rejected by the man of her dreams and, on a whim, decides to start her life as a missionary. She has no idea that God's plan for her involves the Ponca Indian tribe in Dakota Territory.

Sophia is such a raucus, lovable heroine, and the secondary characters all have such painted personalities, it's hard not to feel like a part of their world. I loved travelling back to the 1870s.


This book was not all fun and games, though. Richmond included some serious subjects of Ponca abuse, and I this was important. The book challenged me as a Christian and linked modern-day issues of poverty with that of the Ponca Indians.


I really appreciated the real-life story, the fun romance element, and the setting. Highly recommend!

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