Where the Broken Heart Still Beats: The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker

It wasnt what i thought. I also passed it on to my First cousin who lives in the midwest, she felt it was made up. Cynthia ann parker was my 8th cousin on my fathers side. I just found out recently so i wanted to find out more.

After we read Where the Broken Heart Still Beats by Carolyn Meyer I could tell why Cynthia Ann wanted to go back with the Comanches. I also see why Meyer wrote this book. It makes you feel like you a really there with her and you feel how she feels. It makes you feel sometimes you wish you go and tell her Uncle just let her go back. Cynthia Ann thought that that she was part of the Comanche tribe and they are not the ones that captured her. She thought that they were her family and her real family where the ones that captured but they rescued her. She had lived with them so long and thought she was a Comanche. She had a husband and kids there and she wanted to be with them. I really see why she wanted to go back with the Comanche's. She had her family and wanted to see her son. She also wanted her little daughter, Topsannah, to see how they lived. She talked how they talked and acted like them she needed to be with the Comanche's. You should read this book if you like books that go back and forth and if you like happy and sad books. I think that if you like biography you would really like this book. In some parts you will feel like you are sitting with Cynthia Ann.

If you are interested in a fast-paced, blast-from-the-past, Carolyn Meyers' novel, Where the Broken Heart Still Beats is the book for you. In this fact-filled novel about the kidnapping of Cynthia Ann, who was born at Fort Parker and raised with the Comanche tribe, you will learn amazing facts from 1836-1845. I highly recommend this novel for children within the age of 12-15 or adults of any age, due to the length, genre and vocabulary. One thing I absolutely love about this book is the way in which Meyer organizes the novel and the fast-paced action. For Example: "Then the Indians charge into the fort, pouring through the open gate. A few of them roughly seize her cousin Rachel, who clutches her baby, James, in her arms. Silas is suddenly galvanized into action and rushes to help the shrieking, struggling Rachel. Moments later, Silas lies dead and Rachel and the baby are being dragged away." So if you like fun, historical-fiction, Where the Broken Heart Still Beats is the book to read!

The book was a quick read. If it is for children, it should only be read by older children who can understand the complexities of Cynthia Ann's life and times. I have loaned this book to several friends who were surprised by how different this view of the Old West was from the Westerns they grew up watching.

This book is great! It is very dramatic, recommended for young adults, ages 11-and up. It's sad, but well written. Read it!

What a Story! Taken captive at a young age - the Parker family searches continuously for her, fueled by reported sightings of Cynthia by traders and other travelers. The Parker family finally obtains Cynthia and her Comanche daughter, but Cynthia is no longer the girl they knew. She is a Mother, and Comanche. Cynthia only desires to return to her Comanche husband and children. Her daughter dies and soon after Cynthia follows her (some say from a "broken heart or spirit"). Cynthia's son,Quanah Parker, would later gain fame as a prominent Comanche leader and Chief. Very poignant story......Get out the Kleenex.