Kidnapped from her home in West Texas at the age of nine by the Comanche Warriors and raised as one of them, Cynthia Parker is then returned to her "rightful" home 25 years later and experiences a severe culture shock as she now considers herself Comanche. This book chronicles the differences in culture and contentment. Cynthia is a mother and a wife when she is re-captured and longs to return. She struggles with unfamiliar language and customs and misses her husband and sons, although she is accompanied by her baby daughter.
"Filled with fascinating facts about life in a Comanche community and among settlers in Texas at the beginning of the Civil War, Carolyn Myer's moving story is a riveting examination of the conflict between Native Americans and white settlers." from the book cover back.