Customer Reviews

A Woman Named Damaris (Women of the West)

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I just adored this book! I read the end over and over again! I believe this to be one of her best! I've read so many of Janette Oke's books but I love this one so much!

Damaris Withers leaves home to escape her abusive alcoholic father, and joins a wagon train to help a family going west. When she leaves the wagon train at the final destination, the landlady at a boarding house helps her find employment among her friends. Eventually she becomes the guardian of 3 children whose parents have died, and with the help of friends, including one special young man, she is able to take good care of them. This is a great inspirational story about someone who isn't afraid of hard work!

I can't beleive how this story touched my heart, it was out of this world, Oke did it again

I loved this book! I first got it from my middle school library, and now that I'm in high school I get friends to check it out for me. The story is wonderful, the characters are excellent, and you just fall in love with the whole book. This is one of my favorite books by Oke!

I really enjoyed this book! I have read many books by Jannette, and I can remember this one vividly. It deals with orphaned children also, so it is very touching.

"I ENJOYED THIS BOOK BECAUSE SHE IS ABOUT MY AGE AND IT SHOWS THAT A YOUNG WOMAN CAN SURVIVE ON HER OWN. I ALSO LIKE THE WAY SHE HAS COME TO TRUST GOD AFTER ALL THAT SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH."

I love this book!! it was so captivating and interesting!! I wont spoil the story for other readers but this book is very intriguing. the one and only thing i would have changed was the way she fell in love so quickly it was like the authoress wanted to rush the end of the book. but nevertheless it was a wonderful book. i finished this book in just a few short hours. Highly recommended! one of the very best.

The first time I read this book I was in the junior high and after reading the book I became a Janette Oke fan for life!!

Janette Oke did a good job in creating a believable story about a 15 year old girl who escapes her alcoholic father and heads West. She does not sugar coat the effects of growing up with alcoholism. It's clear that the heroine is a survivor! The story has good twists and turns. One of Oke's best (and I've read a lot of her books!).

My mom introduced me to this book about 10 years ago. I recently bought it again because I wore my first one out. I will never get rid of it. To me it is a great book.