Sylvie's Chance - by Carolyn Jane Dale (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A thoroughly researched work of historical fiction, Sylvie's Chance follows the adventures of a young orphan who moves from her traditional French community in Illinois to the frontier of Texas in the 1830s. Starting with a few known facts in a family history, Carolyn Dale details a world of war, risks, dangers, love and enduring hopefulness.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p> In this novel of the 1830s, a young woman challenges boundaries of language, religion, and culture to survive war and find love and a home on the Texas frontier.</p><p> Sylvie Pensoneau, an orphan, knows she must take risks to create a life beyond the traditional French community in southern Illinois where she has grown up. Avoiding an early marriage, she leaps to join an uncle in an American colony in Texas, then part of Mexico. Spurred by ideals for a new society, she becomes caught up in the Texas war for independence, and after a bit of spying, endures life as a refugee and aids at a key battle.</p><p> Returning to Illinois presents its own dangers, including fighting for her rightful inheritance. She faces being disowned if she goes back to Texas and marries the man she loves. And she must summon the courage to make a home on land Comanche Indians have traditionally claimed and will fight to keep.</p><p> Drawing on a legacy from generations of explorers and voyageurs, Sylvie weaves a story to inspire herself and her family as they strive for a better world. Readers can recognize her struggles for love, friendship, and a place to belong as she reaches across the borderlines of race, religion, culture, and language. The novel is based on a true story.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Carolyn Dale has written something really special here - intellectually rigorous historical fiction that defies easy description. What I find truly fascinating are the tempo, pace and range of the story, with a cadence that captures the age without being quaint." - Glen Larum, <em>Waltz Against the Sky</em>. Kirkus Best Indie Debut Novel 2019.</p><p><br></p><p>"Official histories have lost many stories about women, and starting with a family genealogy holding only traces of an adventurous young woman in the mid-1800s, <em>Sylvie's Chance</em>creatively assembles a riveting novel about courage and independence." - Anna Eblen, <em>Fevers of Unknown Origin; Women Who Speak for Peace </em></p><p><br></p><p>"Amid beautiful descriptions of a still young United States, Carolyn Dale expertly weaves the tale of Sylvie Pensoneau from her youth as an orphan, to becoming a journalist, settler, war refugee, and young mother. Sylvie's story represents the bravery and determination of so many women in the 1830s who dared to pursue the chance to create a new life for themselves. An excellent work of historical fiction." - Penny Page, <em>Not Haunted</em></p><p><br></p><p>"A young woman struggles for a say in her own future in frontier America. From broad panoramas to enticing domestic details, <em>Sylvie's Chance </em>offers an unusual view of the 1830s, as bicultural and bilingual Sylvie breaks away from French-colonial life in Illinois to a freer life in Texas only to be confronted with war and the fears, joys, and moral complexities of the struggle for land and livelihood." - Sarah Brownsberger, poet, essayist and translator. </p><p><br></p><p>"Sylvie's Chance </em>sets the struggles for independence of a young French woman from Cahokia, Illinois, in the conflicts of the 1830s Texas frontier. As cultures clash, battle, and make tentative peace, Sylvie discovers the inner strength to carve out a place for herself. History and her-story merge in a way that entices us to contemplate how the roots of today's conflicts are firmly grounded in the past." - Roz Spitzer, Anna's Home </em></p><br>
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