Whispers Through the House

Laurel Means offers further evidence that she is one of those rarest of historical novelists one who has absolute mastery over the facts and realities of an era without ever allowing those details to burden or hinder the rich tapestry of a story woven by her fully realized characters. Here we find out what became of Henry and Agnes Morton (Long Journey Home) through the story of Agnes eldest sister, Lucy. We meet people with the grit and tenderness demanded by an often relentless poverty imposed by the brutal yet beautiful land from which they work to create their home. In listening to her heart as well as the voices of the fierce women whose legacies preceded her, Lucy not ony survives heartbreak and betrayals,but transcends them, to realize the best gift of all a fully realized life.

--Susan Thurston, Author,

Reviewer for the Star Tribune"