Tamsin Tucker’s successful career as a barrel racer comes to
an abrupt end in a fluke rodeo accident. She loses everything including her
prized horse, her unfaithful husband, her self-esteem, and eventually the leg that
was crushed in the accident. Sent to Scipio, Utah to recuperate, Tamsin finds
herself in the care of Dr. Travis Mayfield—handsome, caring, and a transplant
from the east—and his nurse Sarah.
After Tamsin’s accident, she is left with nothing but
memories, divorce papers, and no will to live. Surrounded by new found friends,
Tamsin gathers courage and finds faith in God and the key to her own self worth.
I enjoyed H. Linn Murphy’s delightful writing style. Her
words play like a fresh spring breeze. I enjoyed the details about barrel
racing and rodeos, and about the process of learning to use prosthesis. Reading the
novel took me back to Scipio and was as spending a few refreshing days in the
country.
Sunrise Over Scipio is not an action-packed tale. There is much contemplation, gospel discussion, and dialogue, but it all makes Tamsin’s spiritual growth and conversion believable.
Though Scipio, Utah is on the map, the town Murphy portrays
is fictional--with traffic light, library, restaurant, and no ties to Fillmore—not
the real life Scipio I know. This is all good due to literary license and story
fit, but the author was too kind not to play up the unique quirks of
a small antique Mormon town.
Hey, they have a restaurant now. It's a Dairy Queen inside the gas station. But yes, the light and the library are both my additions. I figured I should give them at least something...rofl. Besides, Tamsin needed something to do while she was recuperating.
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Thanks great blog.
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