Susanna gets in a bit over her head and Ben comes to her rescue more than once.
There is much danger involved with this situation as of course it is illegal to harbor an indentured servant.
Susanna’s heart is huge and she ends up getting involved in helping a runaway indentured servant escape a very cruel master. He slowly comes to see that Susanna has grown up a bit since he’s seen her last and not only is she a beautiful woman, but she’s smart and kind as well, with a bit of gumption thrown in. But as Benjamin gets to know Susanna a bit better by happening upon her at a party, he finds her socked away in a room “reading Milton”. HIs thoughts of her are that she is still a snobby rich girl thinking herself above everyone. And so when she first meets Benjamin Ross as a young girl she informs him that he is a “nobody, a Farmer and a shoemaker’s son and she would never marry anyone that is from the middling class, her mother wouldn’t allow it.” Thus sets the stage for Benjamin Ross ,years later, a poor country lawyer when he meets up with Susanna again. Susanna Smith is a smart and well bred young woman whose been raised to understand that she need to make a profitable connection when it comes to marriage. As always with Jody Hedlund books we get strong characters, an interesting storyline as well as some pretty exciting moments along the way. She creates two characters that mirror a lot of the same situations that John and Abigail faced- parental disapproval, the Colonial time frame, etc. In usual “Jody Hedlund style” we are given a wonderful Historical Fiction novel inspired by the courtship of John (2nd president)and Abigail Adams. When Susanna's decision to help an innocent woman no matter the cost crosses with Ben's growing disillusionment with their British rulers, the two find themselves bound together in what quickly becomes a very dangerous fight for justice.Īll I can say is that it was a good thing that I read Rebellious Heart by Jody Hedlund while I was on vacation sitting by pool because it afforded me time to keep my pages turning with little interruption. When family friends introduce him to the Smith family, he's drawn to quick-witted Susanna but knows her family expects her to marry well. A poor country lawyer, he doesn't see how he'll be able to fulfill his promise to make his father proud of him. And she knows when she marries well, she will be able to continue her work with the less fortunate.īen Ross grew up a farmer's son and has nothing to his name but his Harvard education. She's determined to put her status to good use, reaching out to the poor and deprived. Because she's a female, higher learning has been closed to her, but her quick mind and quicker tongue never back down from a challenge. In 1763 Massachusetts, Susanna Smith has grown up with everything she's ever wanted, except one thing: an education.
Jody Hedlund Brings History to Life Like Few Others
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