Reader recommendation: The Last Runaway
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
By
Nancy Fuerst, Indianola, Wash.
The Last Runaway is Tracy Chevalier's newest novel. It tells the story of a young Quaker woman's involvement in the abolition of slavery. Set in Ohio in the mid-1800's, it is a compelling tale of the Underground Railroad, Quakers, and quilting.