Pioneer Song by
Ruth Mariman, a disillusioned widow of the 1850’s, with her three daughters begins the journey across the country on the Oregon Trail. She is seeking a new life, hoping to find joy, a song, as she calls it, to fill the void that her loveless marriage never could.
Ruth befriends a group of women, all damaged in different ways, and they form tight friendships. Each must face their own demons—Sonja,...
Ruth befriends a group of women, all damaged in different ways, and they form tight friendships. Each must face their own demons—Sonja,...
Ruth Mariman, a disillusioned widow of the 1850’s, with her three daughters begins the journey across the country on the Oregon Trail. She is seeking a new life, hoping to find joy, a song, as she calls it, to fill the void that her loveless marriage never could.
Ruth befriends a group of women, all damaged in different ways, and they form tight friendships. Each must face their own demons—Sonja, married to a battering drunk, Mary Dove, a consumptive prostitute, Faith and Mercy, two puritanical gossips.
As the journey progresses, we periodically meet “the dead” –who each tell their own stories. As Ruth says “the men count the miles, the women count the graves.”
Ruth herself must face losing her three daughters, each differently.
Ultimately, Ruth survives more than she thought humanly possible, but has also found love, and an inner strength and peace. She has found her song.
Ruth befriends a group of women, all damaged in different ways, and they form tight friendships. Each must face their own demons—Sonja, married to a battering drunk, Mary Dove, a consumptive prostitute, Faith and Mercy, two puritanical gossips.
As the journey progresses, we periodically meet “the dead” –who each tell their own stories. As Ruth says “the men count the miles, the women count the graves.”
Ruth herself must face losing her three daughters, each differently.
Ultimately, Ruth survives more than she thought humanly possible, but has also found love, and an inner strength and peace. She has found her song.