My Hands Hold My Story by Bethany Swafford -- Blog Tour Review + Giveaway

About the Book

For fans of A Knight of Silence and Read My Lips comes a YA historical western full of grit and heart...
 
In 1874, Ivy Steele's deafness is more than a handicap. It's a disease. Surrounded by a family that doesn't understand her, she's learned to cope and find solace where she can. Then, the unexpected happens. Her aunt dies, and her uncle sends her away to rejoin her father's family in Montana.Left to fend for herself, after the companion hired to escort her abandons her, sixteen-year-old Ivy faces continual hardship and danger. Several men see an unaccompanied Ivy as a flower ripe for the picking, and things only get worse when masked men hold up their stagecoach.

Barely scraping through, Ivy makes it to Montana with her nerves shaken and what little money she has in her boot. Expecting a peaceful if not affectionate welcome, Ivy finds herself in greater hardship than she's ever known.
Surrounded by a stepfamily that hates her, and flung into a life where hearing is vital, Ivy finds solace in a handsome cowboy named Remy. But things with her new family are not what they seem. And Ivy is about to find out that the danger she faced on the journey west, has followed her to Montana...
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Bethany Swafford dazzles with her stunning young adult debut, introducing a strong heroine, the hardships of frontier life, shocking twists, and a slow-burning romance that will leave you wanting more.

Third place winner of the 2018 Rosemary Award

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About the Author

For as long as she can remember, Bethany Swafford has loved reading books. That love of words extended to writing as she grew older and when it became more difficult to find a ‘clean’ book, she determined to write her own. Among her favorite authors is Jane Austen, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Georgette Heyer.
 
When she doesn’t have pen to paper (or fingertips to laptop keyboard), she can generally be found with a book in hand. In her spare time, Bethany reviews books for a book site called More Than A Review.

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Review

In Bethany Swafford’s My Hands Hold My Story, she has written a powerful and inspiring story that will touch the heart of readers!  This story is of the struggles and prejudices of being deaf in a time that it was not truly accepted.  It’s about struggling to find a way to communicate so that everyone understands each other.  Swaffords page turning story is beautiful and touching in a way that will leave readers coming back for more.  Readers that enjoy young adult historical westerns will delight in this moving novel.
 
Genre: young adult, historical, western
Publisher: Indie
Publication date: September 18, 2018
Number of pages: 268
 
A review copy of this book was provided by Loving the Book.  A review was not required and all views and opinions expressed are my own.

Giveaway

$5 Amazon Gift Card
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Enter the giveaway HERE.

Tour Schedule

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