The New York Journal of Books Loves Annie Wilkins!

Annie begins as Everywoman, riding right into her own destiny, who lives on hope and common sense, who believes in the goodness and generosity of human nature, and most importantly, who never gives up. She embodies what Americans think of themselves when they extend themselves to a stranger; she models what we’d all like to believe we are, especially when faced with old age and sickness and the end of our lives: courageous, resourceful, determined, and optimistic. “Hope is an endless well that never runs dry.” 

Dylan Thomas put this universal sentiment into poetry: “Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Do not go gentle into that good night.” Irresistibly, town by town, adventure by adventure, mayor by governor by generous farmer, Annie Wilkins opens our hearts as she puts this determination into motion on the back of a horse.