Publisher's Synopsis
No Going Back follows the dealings of Henry Taylor on his mission to reclaim what (he considers) is rightfully his. He believes his wife, Rachel, ran off to Virginia City, Nevada with a gambling man. He also believes his twelve year old daughter, Tess, ran away four days later to find them. In Cheyenne, Wyoming he meets up with silver-tongued Joshua Baker, a minister who befriends, counsels and then swindles him. The story then follows Rachel and Tess as they each face agonizing hardships but also find true integrity in others. For Rachel, it's in Janey Walker, a wise and gracious woman in her fifties. For Tess, it's the Cole's, a family full of love and spirit. Day by day, mother and daughter unconsciously experience each other's emotions, keeping them close at heart until they find their way back to each other. With unexpected twists and turns, this book flows with circumstance and happenstance. It explores Native American life from a distinct perspective. It looks at organized religion, from the practical and honorable to the misuse and disgrace that can occur within it. These issues, which are just as pertinent in our world today, are put forward here in an era often seen as naive and sometimes even primitive.
