Outlawed

 I was attracted to Outlawed, a novel by Anna North because of it's colorful cover. This is a story about Ada. As the story begins Ada is 17 and about to be happily married. The year is 1894. She assists her mother, a respected midwife, with her duties and Ada is good at the job. After a year of marriage and Ada is not pregnant, her husband's family turns her out of the house. Afraid of being branded as a witch because of her infertility the Sheriff suggests she go to a convent and become a nun. All the nuns at this convent were formerly infertile wives. Ada's other option is to join an outlaw gang in South Dakota and that is what she does. Ada is a no-nonsense heroine in the wild, wild west. I enjoyed her story very much.