Finding Becky
In 1905, after four years at Wellesley College, Rebecca Haynes returns to her hometown of Barton Creek, Oklahoma Territory, filled with enthusiasm for the liberating ideals of the suffragette movement. Rebecca informs her family and friends that she is now an independent woman who intends to pursue a career as a journalist. Although Rebecca knows she would like to marry one day, she rejects the romantic overtures of her longtime friend, Rob Frankston, and welcomes the flirtations of newcomer Geoff Kensington.
There is very little tension in Finding Becky, beyond a young woman’s struggle with her faith and identity, but the prose flows so easily that the lack is not a serious problem. Oklahoma stands on the brink of statehood, and the pulse of excitement as the frontier town emerges into the modernity of the 20th century provides the main thrust of the story. Dinner reservations can be made by telegraph, town planning must take into account the new horseless carriages, and oil is becoming as valuable a commodity for the cattle ranchers as their herds. Readers of inspirational fiction, especially those who love a tale set in the American West, will thoroughly enjoy this novel.
