The Last Woman by John Willingham
Fell in love with the beautiful cover - stuck around for the fantastic dual-time historical fiction/Western! This is my first time reading a book by author John Willingham and I hope it won’t be the last. The Last Woman is based on the life of Frenchy McCormac. The story begins around the time of WWII, Frenchy is an old woman living in a ghost town and looking back on her life. She records her memories in a notebook starting in 1877 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when she, Catherine McCain, was enrolled in a girl’s Catholic school. After a violent encounter with a priest, she and a friend flee the state on a riverboat headed north. Along the way, she learns to play faro and acquires the nickname, Frenchy. After a brief stint as a teacher in Arkansas, which also ends violently, she continues her journey with stints in St. Louis, Dodge City and finally Tascosa, Texas, the wildest Cowtown in the west. On her trail is the Reverend Campbell Harper who is hellbent on bringing her to ...
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