Historical fiction/biography

This is the story of one woman's tenacity and resilience. Amelia was born into the late 1800s in Utah and wrestles with her place in that world. She fights to hold on to her identity and to live her life the way she wants to, despite a society not yet ready for independent women. Her life brings betrayal, deception, rape, murder, illness and death. Though readers may find her aggravating and exasperating, they will admire her determination to fend for herself and to survive.

It's the story of the author's grandmother.